On 10 December 2010 18:27, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
Of course it doesn't add PLF repos; but with the current-to-be-used schema in Mageia it will be sufficient and the user will just click to enable the "tainted" repo(s). -- Ahmad Samir