On Thursday 19 June 2008 06:57:12 pm ab wrote:
i just recently discovered that some older 10.2 box is completely out of sync as the updates/patches repository it got subscribed to during install time back then is only having patches from year 2007.
this is total madness. somebody gotta keep this list clean and only distributing reliable and current mirrors.
It is redirector problem if you use http://download.opensuse.org that we can't do much about, just complain as you did, or use some dependable mirror directly, as I do.
example is: http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/suse/update/10.2/repodata/ (current)
I use that one directly, although I'm on the other side of the ocean. Though, you may consider new, faster Goettingen server: ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/suse/update/10.2/repodata/ For me Goettingen is not the fastest mirror, but it is the most dependable.
http://ftp.tu-ilmenau.de/Mirrors/ftp.suse.com/update/10.2/repodata/ (way outdated)
I'm tired of redirector and I don't want to deal with that for now. It needs improvements, like taking feedback from clients, but for that zypper and YaST Software Management have to be changed too, to give such feedback. Download errors, slow connection, missing packages, etc, than redirector will not slam user with the same broken mirror time and again. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org