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by LTheobald 3673 days ago
Really? We certainly do here. Linux packages are mirrored. Programming dependencies are mirrored via tools like Nexus or Artifactory.

Like tsuresh said - stuff happens. What if you internet connection went down for a long period of time. You couldn't continue working. It takes very little to setup, gives you fall over but also makes installing dependencies sooo much faster.