Why announce a security update before the mirrors are synced

[Mike Burger]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 fox3ec208 at wideopenwest.com wrote:

> I just received the announcement for the new kernel*2714 yet no mirrors on the 
> US east list seem to have the new rpms yet.  This is what's placeing the 
> burden on the master when a announcement is made for an update.

Because the folks at Fedora/Red Hat have no way to control how often or 
when the mirrors sync up?
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