On 17 Feb 2002, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>
> [Philip Blundell]
> > If we want to provide suggestions for nearby mirrors, I don't
> > honestly think there is any reliable way to derive an address from
> > the locale name. It would almost certainly be better to just add an
> > extra "lang->mirror" field or something and let people fill in their
> > favourite mirrors in the language .src files.
>
> Why not use fping to check the reply speed of all the mirrors, and
> choose the fastest as the suggested mirror?
In my case the closest mirror is probably San Francisco, a mere 10,000 km
(6,000 miles) away. My isp's satellite uplink is there.
In other words, let people choose their mirrors.
Phil.
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