The Ryzom webservers recently had some hiccups (website was down as well), and it seems to me that they forgot to fire up the rsync server again, rendering updates impossible.
There's no official statement I am aware of, but the simple answer to your question is: Wait, or find a friend who already got an updated version and can send you his copy of the files.
There's no official statement I am aware of, but the simple answer to your question is: Wait, or find a friend who already got an updated version and can send you his copy of the files.