Subject: apt-spy: Connect to servers in order of closeness of IP address. Package: apt-spy Version: 3.1-13 Severity: wishlist
*** Please type your report below this line *** When a user uses the -n option, it would be useful if instead of connecting to N servers at random, it should sort them by IP address and contact the N who's address is lexicographicly closest to the user's. Servers with a closer address are likely to be closer on the network, there is a high probability that this will result in obtaining faster servers than a random sample. This technique is often used in P2P networks because it is simple, fast, and isn't impeded by things like filtering firewalls etc. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
