yum-fastestmirror is not the default, it should be

[Reindl Harald]

Am 05.05.2013 21:49, schrieb Mike Wright:
> 05/05/2013 12:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 12:12 -0400, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>> Is there any rationale for NOT making yum-fastestmirror the default??
>>
>> Because it doesn't work? The heuristic it uses is far too simple-minded.
>> I've often had to hand-edit the mirror list to stop it trying to
>> download from nearby mirrors which have low latency but also very low
>> bandwidth.
>>
> That's not the only thing simple minded about yum.
> 
> One simple improvement would be to tell which mirror it's connecting to.  I've been trying to yum update f18 all
> day and it keeps choosing the same damn mirror (no idea which) with a whopping 7.9k data rate.  f27 will be out
> before this joke is done

well, and in older releases you could simply press CTRL+C to switch
to anohter mirror until you have one which is as fast as your cennection

but hey, we live in the world of improvement...........

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