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On 05/14/2007, Markus E.L. wrote:
> "DaveKorn" writes:
> 
> > > On 14 May 2007 21:27, Markus E.L. wrote:
> > >
> >> >> often. Did you mean setup.ini instead? But setup.ini is coming from
> >> >> the mirror, isn't it?
> > >
> > >   Well, it comes from the mirror, same as the packages do, but it isn't
> > > generated there, if that's what you mean.
> 
> No, that wasn't what I meant. I thought, just for a moment, wether
> setup.exe wouldn't take the setup.ini from the master site every time
> to ensure that it is current. Of course then the mirror site wouldn't
> necessarily be up date, so that was not really good idea. Just
> triggered by Larry's idea about the propagation delay, which, then, I
> really don't get.

My comment about propagation delay was in regards to "setup.exe", not
"setup.ini" or the packages.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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