On 10 December 2010 17:35, Wolfgang Bornath <molc...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2010/12/10 Buchan Milne <bgmi...@multilinks.com>: >> >> easyurpmi should not be necessary. Users should not be expected to paste >> random commands from random sites into a root shell. > > Yes, if urpmi were able to switch from one mirror to another one in > case of any failures or at will of the user if the automatically > selected mirror is too slow. An issue discussed often enough since > Mandriva days (also reported as bug). Until this is not solved users > are sometimes (in germany more often than "some times") forced to use > such tools like easyurpmi or smarturpmi. >
Not necessarily, you can use "Configure media sources..."> File> Add a specific media mirror; this is the old mirror selection dialogue. A bit hidden, yes, but the rationale was the the "Add" being the default is visible, while "Add a specific media mirror" is for advanced users. As I said before, the MIRRORLIST method in its current incarnation is a minus not a plus for any user who doesn't have reliable mirrors geographically-near where he's located :/ > [...] > -- > wobo > -- Ahmad Samir