[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout

Fri Dec 10 17:28:44 CET 2010

On 10 December 2010 18:27, Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com> wrote:
+> 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
+>
+
+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
+