On 2018-06-11 22:48, Fraser_Bell wrote:
On 06/10/2018 01:36 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
What I would like to see is an easy "simple click" method in Yast to pick a closer mirror or an alternate mirror when the default chosen mirror has a problem or is otherwise unsuitable.
A black/preferred list in YaST would work. But if the decision is made by mirrorbrain and not by our computers, I do not see how.
Slightly Off Topic: Note that I did not include the entire quote, just the relevant part. Others reading this list might find that to be a useful trick, IMHO.
It is actually the correct thing to do on a mail list ;-)
On Topic:
Thanks, Carlos, for hints.
I do think there is a way, though. An option in zypper and/or in Yast might be able to temporarily (or even permanantly) "hard-code" a preferred mirror in a User's repo list, or some such similar thing.
Patrick posted a method I saw later, and which works now, whereas my idea would need to be coded. On the repo file, edit: baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ http://suse.mobile-central.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/ http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ type=rpm-md ie, baseurl becomes a list of repos in preferred order. However, I understand it goes to the next one only if the previous fails completely - and an slow link is a working one. So this feature would need another adjustment for minimal speed to reject a repo. Unless the current download code is able to download in parallel :-? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE, Leap 15.0 x86_64 (ssd-test)) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org