Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> What don't you like about the current implementation?
Python threading is weak and slow if the servers are unresponsive.
There is no way to easily call Thread,cancel (and have it honored) if
something times out. You should be able to take a list of the first
respond
At first software-properties does a lot more than testing mirrors.
Secondly the long term plan is to provide a central mirror selection
infrastructure based on your ip region.
What don't you like about the current implementation?
Cheers,
Sebastian
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