On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
>
> Yes. It assumes that low latency equals high throughput, which is not
> always the case (in fact it is often not true). Now, mirrormanager
> should be pointing you to a regional mirror to start with, so you should
> probably check that (the
Am 05.05.2013 21:49, schrieb Mike Wright:
> 05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
>>
>> Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple
Am 05.05.2013 18:12, schrieb Fernando Cassia:
> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
>
> Without yum-fastestmirror any yum install is excuciatingly slow, think 256
> Kbps or slower.
> However if I enable yum-fastestmirror I download from the local mirror in .AR
On 05.05.2013 18:12, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
>
> Without yum-fastestmirror any yum install is excuciatingly slow, think 256
> Kbps or slower.
> However if I enable yum-fastestmirror I download from the local mirror in
> .AR at
On 05.05.2013 21:49, Mike Wright wrote:
> 05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
>>
>> Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-min
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
>
>
> One simple improvement would be to tell which mirror it's connecting to.
> I've been trying to yum update f18 all day and it keeps choosing the same
> damn mirror (no idea which) with a whopping 7.9k data rate. f27 will be
> out before thi
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:49 -0700, Mike Wright wrote:
> 05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> >> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
> >
> > Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is
05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote:
Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-minded.
I've often had to hand-edit the mirror list t
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-minded.
I've often had to hand-edit the mirror list to stop it trying to
download from nearby mirrors w
Once upon a time, Fernando Cassia said:
> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
Yes. It assumes that low latency equals high throughput, which is not
always the case (in fact it is often not true). Now, mirrormanager
should be pointing you to a regional mirror to
On 05/05/2013 11:12 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
>
> Without yum-fastestmirror any yum install is excuciatingly slow, think
> 256 Kbps or slower.
> However if I enable yum-fastestmirror I download from the local mirror
> in .AR
On Sun, 5 May 2013 12:12:01 -0400
Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
Sure.
It uses a very simple test to determine what is 'fastest', and thats
sometimes very wrong. Additionally, it can decide a mirror is 'fastest'
and that mirror is
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