On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Buzz wrote: > Op Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:30:34 -0400 (EDT) schreef Igor Pechtchanski: > : On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Brian Dessent wrote: > : > : > Brian Dessent wrote: > : > > : >> Except, from the standpoint of setup there is no way to distinguish the > : >> following two scenarios: > : > > : > That is, unless you meant "mirror that was manually added *this > : > session*", whereas I was interpreting it to be "user manually entered a > : > non-official mirror at some point in the past and continues to use it > : > each time they run setup." So we could in fact detect if the user typed > : > or pasted something into the edit box and not prompt; but if they then > : > ran setup again and didn't make any changes they would get the prompt > : > because at that point setup cannot differentiate anymore. > : > : Brian, > : > : You are assuming that the format of the last-mirror file is fixed and > : won't change. We could keep the fact that the user typed in the mirror > : URL as opposed to clicking on one of the official ones... > : Igor > > Would it not be possible to use the cached mirror-list to > differentiate the two cases? (Only warn if a mirror is used which is > in cache but not in new list. Keep the old mirror in the cache if > the user wants to be warned again.) > > (I know, SHTDI.)
a) the cached mirror-list was only introduced recently, b) the cached mirror-list is overwritten every time a successful connection is established with sourceware.org, c) this kind of information belongs in last-mirror, IMO, and d) you said it: SHTDI. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA