Ralf Corsepius wrote:
E.g. if the mirrorlist file was on a local disc, yum would not try to contact the mirrorlist on the server each time it is being invoked. The work around from RH's side would be pretty easy: Ship a local copy of the mirrorlist file as an rpm and let yum use this. Then update this rpm at regular intervals.
That might work. File a RFE, Rahul