On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:44:34 +0100 Bernd Steinhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1. Some sf.net mirrors are *excessively* slow for me. By specifying > >> the one(s) I want to use, I can take those out of the game. > > > > If they're excessively slow, they just shouldn't be listed for > > anyone. There's no benefit to having a zillion different mirrors > > for anything. We should just be picking the best half dozen > > A mirror that is slow for one person might be fast for another person. > And even if you could specify a list of mirrors that sort of works > for everyone, some mirrors might cause problems at a later point of > time, maybe only for a small group of people.
If that's really the case, then individual users can override those exlibs. But we really shouldn't be listing mirrors that aren't universally suitable, and we shouldn't be providing choices to users merely because there's a theoretical possibility that one person might have to use it. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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