[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout

Fri Dec 10 17:27:17 CET 2010

On 10 December 2010 17:35, Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com> wrote:
+> 2010/12/10 Buchan Milne <bgmilne at 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
+