"Mirrors list order is snafued" - What is the order supposed to be?

[Max Bowsher]

David Starks-Browning wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 Jan 03, Igor Pechtchanski writes:
>>> IMO, the best solution would be adding a "sort by best bandwidth"
>>> button or something similar to the mirror display.  Then, setup can
>>> query all of the mirrors and put the "closest" one at top.  It
>>> could save that order in some file locally, too.
>>> 
>>> cgf
>> 
>> Yep, and have a "Re-ping" button that the user could press to
>> re-evaluate the bandwidth.  This way, the only time it happens
>> automatically is the first time setup is run, and after that it's
>> under user control. 
> 
> If I may interject, I hope setup never does this automatically, not
> even the first time it runs.  Can an arbitrary sort order be
> acceptable by default, unless the user wants to sort by ping
> performance?

I agree.



Max.