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Date:	Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:48:39 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: PLEASE use mirrors
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In-Reply-To:	<5.0.0.25.0.20001116213419.02985eb0@pop.bresnanlink.net>; from cabbey@bresnanlink.net on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 09:43:09PM -0600

On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 09:43:09PM -0600, Chris Abbey wrote:
>At 11:16 11/16/00 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>I guess we could use mirrors on the snapshots page.
>
>it might not be a bad idea, I've been trying to get the latest snapshot
>since I got home a few hours ago, no luck, the server has always been
>at 30/30.  :(
>
>What would really be nice is a good automated mirror selection process
>that could be embedded into the web page such that it's user
>transparent, it would also have to be platform neutral, and smart
>enough to take into account the current load on the net between you and
>each of the mirrors, as well as the currency of each mirror.

And, of course, you know my standard answer to "what would be really nice",
of course...

cgf

>Of course I'm dreaming... but it's a nice delusion.

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