in reply to Is 02packages.details.txt.gz outdated?

It seems to have come back to life. My CPAN::Mini is updating now and ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/MIRRORING.FROM says: 
# Last update (TZ = UTC): Tue Apr  6 10:23:10 UTC 2010
#                         UNIX epoch seconds = 1270549391

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