Are we there yet?

Minion is tasked with decommissioning a server. I tell them to check with various people that they understand the server will be destructively wiped as part of this. Minion asks those people if it's okay. Reply back is that confirmation will be forthcoming soon.

Minion then asks me if we can proceed.

I would have thought that was pretty obvious.

Packaging

How to obtain a package:

1. Minion locates upstream site with package
2. Minion wget's it
3. Minion replicates it out to your various package repositories
4. Minion says it's done
5. Your installation fails
6. You discover minion failed to get the URL correct, and instead has replicated out a copy of a 404 page called the package.
7. Smack minion. Bad minion. No biscuit.