On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 19:12 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 16:32 -0500, Callum Lerwick wrote: > > Mirrors need to be ranked by actual download rate, not whatever it is > > yum-fastestmirror is doing. (It appears to be simply timing how long it > > takes to connect()...) > > This has been my experience as well, although I can't say if any one > slow mirror has consistently outranked another. Often the mirror I get > is in Europe and not the U.S. While that's not a problem per se, my > habit is to keep traffic on the same continent when I have a choice. :-) > After removing or disabling yum-fastestmirror my yum/pup/pirut > experience is much more satisfactory. Hmm, that's strange, last time I checked it seemed to ocnsistently connect me to mirrors.kernel.org which is basically around the corner for me. Maybe I've just been lucky... /Per -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
