[PATCH] rpm_md Metadata vs. Mirroring

[Cliff Wells]

On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 14:46 -0700, Cliff Wells wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 12:08 -0700, Michael Jennings wrote:
> > On Friday, 13 June 2008, at 12:45:37 (-0700),
> > Cliff Wells wrote:
> > 
> > > And if the primary server isn't available will it fall back to a
> > > mirror?  I've not had too many issues with Fedora proper, but I've
> > > seen freshrpms down many times (while its mirrors are available).
> > 
> > No, but then that wouldn't make much sense anyway.  If the primary is
> > unavailable, the mirrors can't receive updated metadata from it.  And
> > packages are still installed from mirrors, so that's not an issue.
> 
> Except that it means you won't be able to install new software if the
> dependencies aren't available.  It isn't always about updates =)

Nevermind that, I just reread your original message and got my head
straight =)

Cliff