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Re: "Mirrors list order is snafued" - What is the order supposed tobe?
On Wednesday 22 Jan 03, Igor Pechtchanski writes:
> > IMO, the best solution would be adding a "sort by best bandwidth" button
> > or something similar to the mirror display. Then, setup can query all of
> > the mirrors and put the "closest" one at top. It could save that order in
> > some file locally, too.
> >
> > cgf
>
> Yep, and have a "Re-ping" button that the user could press to re-evaluate
> the bandwidth. This way, the only time it happens automatically is the
> first time setup is run, and after that it's under user control.
If I may interject, I hope setup never does this automatically, not
even the first time it runs. Can an arbitrary sort order be
acceptable by default, unless the user wants to sort by ping
performance?
Thanks,
David