[Ubuntu-ZW] local repos down?

[O. Sinclair]

Thanks Kalpesh,

it is not "urgent urgent", it just makes installations and upgrades much 
more convenient for the KDE users.

Cheers,
Orion

>
> im really so sorry... i have been extremely tied up the last few weeks.
>
> the last thing i needed to check out for these partner repo's was the
> overall size.
> at the moment, yoafrica are having serious internet issues, so to download
> repo's of big sizes, would take extremely long. i.e on average in the
> last week, the
> repository is currently downloading updates at around 30kbps in the
> evenings.
>
> i will look into this further as soon as i get a chance.
>
> regards
>
> kalpesh.
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:31 PM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     about to get a new computer and start installing, upgrading etc I
>     remember we discussed the issue below. Was anything done?
>
>     Best
>     Sinclair
>
>     On 08/07/2010 11:16, O. Sinclair wrote:
>      > There are 2, I list them in order of importance:
>      > 1. Kubuntu Updates:
>      > http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu
>      >
>      > 2. Kubuntu Backports:
>      > http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu
>      >
>      > There is also beta and beta backports but I don't consider them very
>      > important.
>      >
>      > Cheers
>      > Orion
>      >
>      > On 08/07/2010 10:36, Kalpesh Thaker wrote:
>      >> Hi Orion,
>      >>
>      >> Sure let me know what you need, and i'll look into it.
>      >>
>      >> kalpesh.
>      >>
>      >> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:32 AM, O.
>     Sinclair<o.sinclair at gmail.com <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>
>      >> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>>  wrote:
>      >>
>      >>      On 08/07/2010 10:06, Kalpesh Thaker wrote:
>      >>
>      >>          Hi Guys..
>      >>
>      >>          there was a serious issue on the yoafrica network
>     yesterday,
>      >>          whereby all
>      >>          connectivity, both local and international,
>      >>          had ceased for a couple of hours.
>      >>
>      >>          the situation has now been resolved however.
>      >>
>      >>          kalpesh
>      >>
>      >>          On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:07 PM, O. Sinclair
>      >> <o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com><mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>
>      >> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com><mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>>>  wrote:
>      >>
>      >>              On 07/07/2010 16:03, Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
>     wrote:
>      >> >  I don't about the yoafrica repos but the site is down for
>      >> > www.ubuntu.org.zw
>     <http://www.ubuntu.org.zw><http://www.ubuntu.org.zw>
>      >> <http://www.ubuntu.org.zw>  so an educated guess
>      >>
>      >>              would lead you to think so.
>      >> >
>      >> >  Try this one http://zw.releases.ubuntu.com/
>      >> >
>      >> >  Regards,
>      >> >  Spencer.
>      >> >
>      >> >  On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:38:37 +0100, O. Sinclair
>      >> <o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com><mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>
>      >> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com><mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com
>     <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>>>
>      >>
>      >> >  wrote:
>      >> >
>      >> >>  Are the local repos down? Since a couple of hours I can not
>      >>              reach them
>      >> >>
>      >> >>  Regards
>      >> >>  Sinclair
>      >> >>
>      >> >
>      >> >
>      >>              seems to be back online already
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>      Well I keep a copy of the sources.list with "official
>     repos" and one
>      >>      with "zimbabwe repos" so no big issue expect for the speed of
>      >>      updates. As I was doing an installation it was a bit
>     unfortunate but
>      >>      no disaster
>      >>
>      >>      Can I request "mirrors" of a couple of official kubuntu PPA?
>      >>      Official meaning it is the Kubuntu crew that use them to post
>      >>      updates of KDE etc.
>      >>
>      >>      Sinclair
>      >>
>      >>
>      >
>      >
>
>
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