This was an unfortunate, and rather unexpected, event: our distro server is currently inaccessible as the hosting company is getting entangled in a giant mess that’s likely to end with blood. (I won’t say the name, but it’s currently quite a hot topic with many clients fuming over the issue, so I reckon it’s not hard to guess.)
Until we can recover our server and/or allocate a new one for distro purposes, we won’t be releasing anything new.
We may not be able to deal with issues such as missing or corrupt files on XDCC bots either. Additionally, we can’t seed torrents. I sure hope our torrents out there — at least the newer ones — had gotten enough seeders by the time our distro server went down.
The bots, however, are on a separate server. You should be able to continue using our XDCC service unhindered.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused. In the meantime, we’ll take the liberty of treating ourselves to a few days of idling by. We’ll keep you informed and update the announcement accordingly.
–ASL staff
Update on 26 August 2013 @ 2:39 UTC:
We were able to recover our data and will now continue operating from a temporary server until we get our new one ready.
From an end-user’s point of view, nothing will change except that torrents may be seeded for shorter periods of time (keep seeding in our stead folks!).
Ganbare!!!! ASL!!!!!
Damn. 🙁
I really enjoy the releases that you send out here on this website. Well, good luck on getting this to work. I’ll be waiting till it’s fixed ^.^
Oh my lord,
After a harsh day at work, I come home to see this heartbreaking news : (
ASL has helped me a lot in getting music for my collection and I am forever grateful. I do not know if this means anything, but I will be one of the many people waiting for the glorious return of A.S.L.
Best Wishes and Hoping for the Best,
-Kuroshiba ^-^
Thanks for the kind words everyone.
Here’s to bring you an update:
We were able to recover our data and will now continue operating from a temporary server until we get our new one ready.
From an end-user’s point of view, nothing will change except that torrents may be seeded for shorter periods of time (keep seeding in our stead folks!).