On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 04:03:27PM -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote: > On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 13:38, Rob Bradford wrote: > > Ooh nice, maybe you could integrate with apt-spy or something to find > > the fastest for the user? > > I don't see why not, though I'd be more inclined to add pin support > first. I had a crazy idea of doing directed graphs for country support, > so you could just pick your country and the software would find the > "closest" mirror.
It's not that simple. For example in Poland there are a few mirrors, and the "closest" depends on the exact location/ISP of the user. Actually pretty often some mirrors abroad are _much_ faster than the Polish ones. Also the situation changes frequently (suddenly a very good mirror becomes outdated or unreachable), so a tool that automatically probes the mirrors via network is a must. Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ GnuPG: 1024D/60F41216 FE67 DA2D 0ACA FC5E 3F75 D6F6 3A0D 8AA0 60F4 1216 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
