On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 11:50 +0200, Kris Ven wrote: > Dear all, > > A while ago, I wrote a patch for the Yum fastestmirror plugin. It > further builds upon the "exclude" functionality offered by the plugin. > However, instead of blacklisting certain hosts in the mirror list, my > patch allows to whitelist specific hosts by listing them in a new > "include_only" setting in the config file. Another improvement over the > original plugin is that it allows to use regular expressions in both the > "exclude" and "include_only" settings for more powerful filtering. > > For example, by specifying "include_only=\.de$, \.fr$, \.ie$" in the > fastestmirror.conf file, only mirrors that end in the specified TLDs are > considered for downloading. If no mirrors match the given search string > in the include_only setting, then all mirrors are used. If the > "include_only" setting is not used (i.e., the setting is outcommented in > the config file), it defaults to the original behavior by processing the > "exclude" setting. > > I developed this patch since I find it convenient to make use of a few > selected mirrors that are known to perform well. This patch avoids > having to blacklist a large number of mirrors. I included a diff against > the current git repository in attachment. > > I have been using this patch for personal use for a while. However, I > would like to donate this patch to the community if it may be of > interest for other users as well. > > Any questions or comments with respect to this patch? Hi Kris, This patch makes sense and seems to nicely complement our 'exclude' option. I tested it locally and it works as expected, so I went ahead and applied your patch upstream. Thanks! luke _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum
