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Subject: Re: feature request: easier "auto select a close mirror for me"
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As noted, speed is more important than proximity. Luckily, somebody
has already written a script (Perl) to determine fastest Cygwin
mirror: https://sourceforge.net/p/cygwinmirrortest

Perhaps this could become part of the base install?

On 28 August 2015 at 22:31, Warren Young <wyml AT etr-usa DOT com> wrote:
> On Aug 28, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Jack <ostroffjh AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net> wrote:
>>
>> On 2015.08.28 14:23, Andrey Repin wrote:
>>> Greetings, Roger Pack!
>>> > It would be awesome if the top option for servers were "auto select
>>> > closest" or something like that.
>>
>> I wouldn't make it part of setup.exe, but a separate tool
>
> setup.exe must remain monolithic, by its nature.
>
>> like Arch Linux's mirrorselect.
>
> Yum has a plugin to do this, too, enabled by default in current RHEL type OSes:
>
>   https://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/FastestMirror
>
> I expect the same is true of apt, but I can’t be bothered to chase down a reference.
>
> “Nearest” is the wrong term, since as Andrey points out, geographic proximity is not the best gauge of mirror speed.  Instead, these features generally work out which mirrors are faster by more pragmatic means.
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