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Re: [LUG] What's happening to the non-US repositories?

 

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:32:39 +0100
David Johnson wrote:

> On Thursday 18 August 2005 12:16, Grant Sewell wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Debian Sid.  My sources.list file contains deb and deb-src entries for
> > unstable main, contrib, non-free, non-US/contrib, non-US/main and
> > non-US/non-free.  Basically all the potential unstable/Sid options without
> > going to non-mainstream repositories.
> >
> > However, I had to hunt around a little to find the non-US repositories for
> > Sid.  None of the UK mirrors had it, or the French, or the Spanish, or very
> > many others.  I went for a German mirror, but it would seem that they too
> > have now removed non-US for unstable/Sid.
> >
> > Does anyone know why?
> >
> 
> Since the release of Debian Sarge, non-US isn't needed anymore. The US have 
> changed whatever silly law they had, so all the non-US packages are in the 
> normal repository now.
> 
> Regards,
> David.

Ah, I presume the same is going to be true for Etch and Sid.  That makes things 
easier.

Cheers.

Grant.
-- 
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