On 03/09/2009, at 14:04, Martin Costabel wrote: > David Kotz wrote: > [] >>> David Kotz wrote: >>>>>> Mirror selection >>>>>> All mirrors are set. Do you want to change them? [y/N] >>>>> So you would enter a "y" for "yes, I want to change my mirror >>>>> settings." >>>> hmm, that's counter-intuitive. > [] >>> Well, let's see what that might be. It is intended to mean that,"All >>> of the various mirror choices have been set; do you want to change >>> them?" >>> >>> Is that any clearer and would it have made a difference? >> >> Not much. Another way to look at it: what is the opposite condition; >> does it ever say "You have not chosen a mirror choice for certain >> packages"? > > This happens when you configure fink for the first time, you are then > forced to go through the mirror list. > >> A more useful phrasing might be "All mirror choices are set to the >> default." or "Some mirror choices are set to the default, and >> some >> are set to alternatives." > > I don't think this is more useful. But I agree with you that the > current > formulation is useless (although I never thought it could be > misleading). There is no useful information in the statement "All > mirrors are set". There should only be a question, like > "Do you want to review the list of mirrors and change your selection?" > > There are other strange features of that mirror selection dialogue: > The > proposed lists are surprisingly short, shorter than necessary; > sometimes > only one mirror is proposed, although several are available. Weird.
In general Fink only shows the mirrors available on the continent/ country the user is located as well as the primary mirror if there's one. I'm not sure if there are exceptions to this rule. Cheers, -- monipol http://finkers.wordpress.com Submitting a Fink bug report? Read this: http://www.finkproject.org/doc/netiquette/index.php http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/bug-reports/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
