Location of main server for Ubuntu

[Fred Roller]

On 04/08/2010 10:28 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 08/04/10 23:06, Fred Roller wrote:
>    
>> On 04/08/2010 08:12 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Being new to Ubuntu I don't know the answer to this question which would
>>> have been asked and answered probably many times before:
>>>
>>> in which part of the world is the main server located for Ubuntu releases?
>>>
>>> I know that Canonical is a Europe based company, but where are the
>>> servers located?
>>>
>>> Reason for asking: when it is stated that Ubuntu Beta 2, say, is
>>> scheduled for release on 8 April is this as per the date in Europe or
>>> the date somewhere to the west of London? In a couple of hours here
>>> (east coast of Australia) it will be 9 April and in 11 hours in London
>>> it will also be 9 April but to the west it will still be 8 April......
>>>
>>> (Is there a "usual" hour of the day when a release is available from the
>>> main server? morning, around noon, evening...?)
>>>
>>> BC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Freezes normally happen at the start of the given date, UTC time.
>>
>>        https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule
>>        http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
>>
>> Surmising they use UTC across the board.  Hope this helps.
>>
>>      
> Thanks for this.
>
> Well, the 'freeze' happened a week ago and that don't interest me :-) .
>
> But from what you state, I conclude that the start of the given date UTC
> time would mean that for me Beta 2 will be released on 9 April.
> <Sigh....hours to wait! :-)>
>
> BC
>
>
>    
Patients delivers insights to ourselves...

The "freezes" line was supposed to just be a quote but you got it's 
point despite me. :-P

Glad to help.

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Fred
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