up2date is *horrid*

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 08.01.2004 schrieb Timothy Murphy um 13:56:
> On Thursday 08 January 2004 05:57, Philip Wyett wrote:
> 
> > While the editing of '/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources' and using a mirror is
> > the correct way currently to avoid the high load on Red Hat servers - It
> > is far from ideal. As a desktop OS looking to gain new users, we really
> > need local mirror selection via drop-down menu (or whatever) as part of
> > the update application. Could be time for an RFE. :)
> 
> I'm not sure if this is what you are suggesting,
> but I certainly don't want to go through the rigmarole
> of choosing a mirror every time I run up2date.

I feel something like apt-setup used on Debian would be ok. It is easy
to use and could be integrated to the "setup" tool list (I mean the
options you get when typing on console the command setup). You run it
once to put your sources from a list of mirror servers into the
apt.souces list. You can run it again if you later prefer other sources.

Alexander


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