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software-properties package

  1. Bug #571983
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 571983

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David Coles (dcoles) wrote :

I got a response from Telstra today in regards to the status of the mirror.

<snip>
> We understand the removal of the file library will impact you and we are sorry for this but we were unable to continue to focus resources into a service with such niche appeal.
>
> In the meantime however, from today we have unmetered the aarnet mirror (as per your request) that has much wider range of useful files than what the BigPond Files Library did. You can find it at http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/.
>
> Sincerely,
> Martin McNaught
> Director BigPond Operations
> Voice Broadband & Media
> Telstra

It looks very unlikely that this decision will be reversed. On the other hand mirror has been effectively replaced by unmetered access AARNet (the default mirror for Australia). AARNet's mirror is also far more comprehensive than Bigpond Files was and doesn't suffer from the issue of not mirroring Multiverse.

Given this outcome I'd suggest the we now remove files.bigpond.com from the mirror list.