On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Beartooth<beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:42:54 -0700, Kam Leo wrote: > >> >> Another note: Don't just settle for a random mirror. Try out the mirrors >> listed in the Fedora Public list. Find one that reliably connects. Put >> your selection in fedora.repo and fedora-update.repo in >> /etc/yum.repos.d/ (disable the mirrorslist, enable and insert the >> mirror's url to the baseurl line) or create your own >> reliable-mirror.repo file.. > > Hmm... I'll try that -- but it seems strange. Wasn't the whole > point of making yum choose mirrors to spread the load?? Yes. Unfortunately, not all mirrors are equal. It would be great if yum maintained a metric for connection quality to compliment the fastest mirror plugin. That is why I prefer smart package manager. The capability of sorting and prioritizing multiple repositories by speed and connection quality is built into that application. > Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
