[tex-live] a question about when gets the TL database refreshed in mirrors

[Robin Fairbairns]

jfbu <jfbu at free.fr> wrote:

> Index de ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/CTAN/fonts/mathdesign/
> 
> Vers un rép. de plus haut niveau
> 
> Nom	Taille	Dernière modification
> afm		05/10/12	11:49:00
> config		05/10/12	11:49:00
> doc		05/10/12	11:49:00
> enc		05/10/12	11:49:00
> latex		05/10/12	11:49:00
> map		05/10/12	11:49:00
> mathdesign-doc.pdf		06/10/12	00:00:00
> MD-Adobe-Adobe-Garamond-Pro-example.pdf	598 KB	05/10/12	09:59:00
> MD-Adobe-Utopia-example.pdf	238 KB	05/10/12	09:59:00
> MD-Adobe-Utopia-Std-example.pdf	465 KB	05/10/12	09:59:00
> MD-Bitstream-Bitstream-Charter-example.pdf	231 KB	05/10/12	09:59:00
> MD-itc-Charter-ITC-Std-example.pdf	370 KB	05/10/12	09:59:00
> MD-urw-GaramondNo8-example.pdf	255 KB	05/10/12	09:59:00
> opentype		05/10/12	11:49:00
> tfm		05/10/12	11:49:00
> type1		05/10/12	11:49:00
> vf		05/10/12	11:49:00

however, on ftp.oleane.net as well as on the core ctan sites (e.g.,
cam.ctan.org) the texlive packages are shown by

  ftp ftp.oleane.net
  Connected to ftp.oleane.net (194.2.0.36).
  220 ProFTPD Server (ProFTPD) [ftp.oleane.net]
  331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password
  230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply
  Remote system type is UNIX.
  Using binary mode to transfer files.
  ftp> cd /pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive
  250 CWD command successful
  ftp> dir mathdesign*
  227 Entering Passive Mode (194,2,0,36,84,188).
  150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for file list
  -rw-rw-r--   1 ftp      ftp       1690748 Oct  3  2011 mathdesign.doc.tar.xz
  -rw-rw-r--   1 ftp      ftp       1281980 Oct  3  2011 mathdesign.tar.xz

when karl is back working on this, there's more than just packaging to
do: tex live does not support fonts that are only commercially
available, and the new mathdesign has added support for >=2 commercial
fonts, so karl will have to determine how he deals with this situation.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team