commit: b6625dd5b417bd7a04693e5592f87cbb81d6ddf4
Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 27 23:21:50 2026 +0000
Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Feb 27 23:23:26 2026 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/mirrorselect.git/commit/?id=b6625dd5
main: default --servers to 3, not 1
1 is a bit rough if that mirror goes away, then the user is hitting
upstream SRC_URIs forever.
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
mirrorselect.8 | 2 +-
mirrorselect/main.py | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mirrorselect.8 b/mirrorselect.8
index 49caadd..3c5af33 100644
--- a/mirrorselect.8
+++ b/mirrorselect.8
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Quiet mode.
.TP
.BI \-s " SERVERS " "\fR,\fP \-servers" " SERVERS "
Specify Number of servers for Automatic Mode to select. this is only valid for
-download mirrors. If this is not specified, a default of 1 is used.
+download mirrors. If this is not specified, a default of 3 is used.
.TP
.BI \-t " TIMEOUT " "\fR,\fP \-timeout" " TIMEOUT "
Timeout for deep mode. Defaults to 10 seconds.
diff --git a/mirrorselect/main.py b/mirrorselect/main.py
index f1c8dc1..2f8124b 100755
--- a/mirrorselect/main.py
+++ b/mirrorselect/main.py
@@ -310,10 +310,10 @@ class MirrorSelect:
action="callback",
callback=set_servers,
type="int",
- default=1,
+ default=3,
help="Specify Number of servers for Automatic Mode "
"to select. this is only valid for download mirrors. "
- "If this is not specified, a default of 1 is used.",
+ "If this is not specified, a default of 3 is used.",
)
group.add_option(
"-t",
