X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:32:03 -0400 Subject: RE: installer improvements Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A208DEF24522@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <4BBB2836.3000601@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com wefwef wefwef sent the following at Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:18 AM >On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Morgan Gangwere >> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM, wefwef wefwef wrote: >>> Choosing the fastest server could save a lot longer than 45 seconds >>> in download time. This functionality would be useful and could be an >>> option available to users if they wanted to automatically find the >>> fastest server. >> >> Ever wondered why there's 50 or so servers to choose from? because it >> assumes that when you choose you are able to figure out that its >> probably faster to get data from somewhere closer to you. > >There are 94 servers on the list many of which don't have any obvious >geographic location (e.g. mirrors.dotsrc.org). There are 195 countries >in the world. That means an awful lot of people have to be an expert >on the geography of a foreign country in order to choose the correct >server. Well, I'm sure they can work it out - but wouldn't it be nice to >give them the choice to get the computer to work it out for them? http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html gives locations. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- 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