On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 08:51 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:31:45 -0700
snip > I have had issues with the PSU and OSU mirrors. They are definitely the > fastest, but I discovered that they didn't have all the packages. I'm > not sure how that can be if they are "mirrors," but that's what > happened. It may also have been an anomaly, although the time when it > happened the missing files that I needed stayed missing for a week > before it dawned on me to switch mirrors. It was several years ago, but > I recall that when I switched to the US main mirrors my available > packages increased by a couple thousand. > > The GUI has a really handy tool for testing the speed of the various > mirrors. Recommended, but check your total package count before and > after changing. > Hi John, Last time I tried that GUI tool a couple of years ago, it gave me results that I didn't trust, like mirror sites in Alberta with 10M pipes. Sure, it has to be an algorithm combining pipe, load, and distance. But some human judgement is still required. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
