Australian repository gone AWOL?

[Gregory Storer]

On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 18:05 +0800, Christopher Lees wrote:
> Why are people still using the command-line to change to a different
> mirror?
> 
> On Feisty:
> 
> System > Administration > Software Sources
> 
> In the "Download from:" popup, select "Other", then choose another
> mirror from the list. I just switched mine to iinet, and everything is
> working fine again.

This has been an interesting discussion - I'm still fairly new at this -
I'm running feisty and changed the software sources as suggested.  I
wasn't aware that the other mirror was broken - is there no warning
message if it can't contact a repository?  Or are security updates
maintained in another place?

I also run a server edition - 6.10 I think (don't make me check) I just
ran apt-get update and it says it "HIT" ftp://au.archive.ubuntu.com - I
had always assumed that was a good thing - is it?

I'm hoping to roll out Ubuntu in a work environment, and need to be
clear how the updates work as I'm sure that will be one of the many
questions I'll need to field... but that's another email.

Gregory