Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:48:39 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: PLEASE use mirrors Message-ID: <20001116224839.A11446@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <8970-Thu16Nov2000154022+0000-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> <20001108223543.A7934@redhat.com> <8970-Thu16Nov2000154022+0000-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> <20001116111606.C19438@redhat.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20001116213419.02985eb0@pop.bresnanlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i 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. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com