check fastest mirror

[Dennis Veatch]

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 14:54, Steven Michalske wrote:
> So we need to use wget to pick a 1MB file off of that mirror,
> and download it.  after we pick a file we then download that same
> file from all the other mirrors.
> save the times and pick the lowest.

So we do that for what 2, 3, 5 + mirrors? A meg+each time, hm. Ok, so lets say 
that's implemented. There is no guarantee tomorrow, or the next day or the 
next day that chosen mirror will still be the fastest. So I'd have to 
download 2, 4, whatever megs all over again.

Where is the speed advantage coming from here? Where I simply go to lunar > 
Option > KDE and pick one and be done with it. 

>
> now we can specify the file manually or we can have it auto magically
> selected.
>
> This should be written as a fast_mirror_plugin,  that ranks the
> mirrors from your location.
>
> Steve
>
> On Aug 29, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Jon South wrote:
> > Zbigniew Luszpinski wrote:
> >> ... but only Jean's idea will tell you which is better.
> >
> > No, it will just tell you which one is fewer hops from you, it will
> > NOT
> > tell you which one is better. You STILL need to download files from
> > each
> > one to make that decision.
> >
> > -Striker
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