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SubjectRe: Watch for new versions.
On Sat, 31 May 1997, Edward S. Marshall wrote:

> On Fri, 30 May 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > It checks ftp.kernel.org at 1 hour intervals from its "random" startup
> > time (so ftp.kernel.org doesn't get pranged on the hour).
>
> I'm doing this right now with a simple sh script, ftp, and cron. However,
> do you think its wise to encourage the linux community at large to pummel
> ftp.kernel.org once an hour? Think of it this way: say a few hundred
> people decide to do this. That's a few hundred extra
> connect-read-disconnect sessions every hour.
>
> Do you _really_ need your kernel update notice that badly, that fast?
>
> For the sake of the site you're beating, please consider tuning it back to
> once or twice a day by default.

Well I have gotten pummelled via private email by a lot who think I have
created some horrible crime.

Fact is that the source allows a sleep() up to "size_t" (unsigned int)
seconds so it can be checked once a year if you want.

FYI when I posted the message, I deleted xferlog on my server. I
now have a file with 1,240 lines in it. Out of this, I would guess that
10 percent might try it. That's 124 hits per hour (or day or year). Not
much. BTW, most of the downloads were from Europe.

Cheers,
DJ
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Penguin : Linux version 2.1.41 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips).
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