Max Beerli wrote: >> > There is talk about a system like the ClamAV project which redirects >> > you to the closest mirror to you automatically, there is 1 common >> > domain and DNS handles the redirection. In which case everyone would >> > have the same yum.conf file. >> >> That sounds really complicated. How about a "mirror-select" script >> that's run when you run yum update for the first time? > > This is really good idea! This is a really BAD idea. Mirrors come and go, mirrors stop rsyncing, but have outdated data. I'd rather have a centralized authority hand out a "best guess" mirror than have someone pick a mirror at setup and thing they are covered. .dn