>>>>> On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:22:04 +1100, Adam Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Your CPAN mirror is very stale. > File::HomeDir 0.58 was deleted long ago. > The current version is File::HomeDir 0.64. > It is a pity that CPAN.pm doesn't support mirror staleness checking yet... The OP must have got a warning that the index file is stale. After 30 days this warning kicks in. It's not perfect but it's something. > Andreas, this is another of the features I'm going to be pushing for > in the 5.10.1 timeline. Take a look at Mirror::YAML for the > implementation of mirror selection smarts we are currently using in > JSAN. I'm currently in code freeze mood so this will have to wait for the next release cycle. The 1.88_* series does already have hosts statistics. Try the 'hosts' command and set the config variable 'randomize_urllist'. -- andreas