X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :references:to; q=dns; s=default; b=BlEyN2ERUrh9edPl613kxpYKGU/r 4d19gIOMQU6YzcdcD5gP0crsZeWSA3DWW0o+iQJVs4Zg31XrEeHtjFxWdpZJPlla VQaFl5ijdIRXNHRZWsbOSDrUib5x9nXqjmZ1Ix6lSVOZhMunIZEG/s3Q7AbZc9Te 0Ht9/WAinsyqdq8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :references:to; s=default; bh=3C8747f7+gr7y/LRfeODAPDP21c=; b=TZ ULRRRJCV4eqR1gKhMNSrSzCFAWjAnJtgJJolg2BHRBx63NFfkKCrSEbX81DrMMxc dC1TNlfPqM166YFYvV0NxvKU/llVhUrNQNtcCktV6kyc14nbMcABUfWSmvFKT0V/ GJ52ovkIerETHZBVdmxKDx8AqVW1yRbRQ9Vfna310= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: etr-usa.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: Re: feature request: easier "auto select a close mirror for me" From: Warren Young In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:31:42 -0600 Message-Id: <8DE73944-387C-4282-BCB7-069B3D2DB584@etr-usa.com> References: <18474984 DOT 20150828212305 AT yandex DOT ru> To: The Cygwin Mailing List X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id t7SLVt4J014529 On Aug 28, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Jack wrote: > > On 2015.08.28 14:23, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Roger Pack! >> > It would be awesome if the top option for servers were "auto select >> > closest" or something like that. > > I wouldn't make it part of setup.exe, but a separate tool setup.exe must remain monolithic, by its nature. > like Arch Linux's mirrorselect. Yum has a plugin to do this, too, enabled by default in current RHEL type OSes: https://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/FastestMirror I expect the same is true of apt, but I can’t be bothered to chase down a reference. “Nearest” is the wrong term, since as Andrey points out, geographic proximity is not the best gauge of mirror speed. Instead, these features generally work out which mirrors are faster by more pragmatic means. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple