up2date is *horrid*

[robin laing]

Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:

> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 08 January 2004 05:57, Philip Wyett wrote:
>>
> I understand what he wants.. Maybe a drop-down list in the 
> configuration part of up2date... Then it would save your choices in 
> the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources.. Just a GUI to make things easier to 
> new users.... And you wouldnt need to chose the mirror every time...
>
> Pedro Macedo
>
>
Why not look at a way of autoselecting a mirror by testing speed of the 
connection or by using 'traceroute' to find the closest mirror.  The 
mirror list could be part of a configuration file setup during 
installation and updates.  If the software is smart enough, if a server 
hangs or slows down, then it could change to a different server.

This method would not require user interaction and improve the 
usablility of the whole process.

I am new to Fedora and I havn't tried the up2date yet as one machine is 
new and I have to ensure that it is ready for productive work tomorrow 
and the other machine died while doing a kernel upgrade (hardware, not 
fedora).