On 10/01/2016 07:55 PM, Alejandro Hernández wrote: > El 2016-10-02 00:15, Luke Shumaker escribió: >> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:01:51 -0400, >> Alejandro Hernández wrote: >>> "Parabola.nu" must go to independent end of their performance >>> because it corresponds to our main server where the bandwidth >>> we need to raise our packages and develop. >> >> It doesn't really use much of our bandwidth anymore. Unless you stick >> ?noredirect at the end of the URL (which pacman doesn't do), then it >> redirects you to a mirror for package files. The only thing it serves >> directly is the .db files (and very new package files that have not >> yet been mirrored). >> >> But I'm game for not shipping a static mirrorlist anymore. Why not do >> what Arch does? > > > Wow! You're right. I've found some arch info: > Mirrors: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors > > And 'Reflector' package. Script which can retrieve the latest mirror > list from the MirrorStatus web page, filter the most up-to-date mirrors, > sort them by speed and overwrite the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reflector > > And I've read that distributions like 'Bridge Linux' (Arch based) > incorporates 'reflector' into the update process by default. 😲 I think > that is what Parabola needs. > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev
As I said, Parabola has it already. pacman -Ss reflector _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev
