On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 12:10 -0400, Jim Perrin wrote: > ><snip> > I believe that we provide a general service, and that to some extent, > it's up to individual users to tweak to suit their unique needs. I > don't think CentOS should get involved with "last mile" efforts, as > most other distros do not, (or do so only by accident as with debian > picking a mirror close to you). Of course this argument has validity only if the avowed goal of being as much like a certain major North American vendor ... "warts and all" holds. Since the move to yum is itself a move away in search of "excellence" (if I may be permitted), and the mirror system is also in support of that, it seems that there is "wiggle room". Without a exhibition of a slavish devotion towards "cloning" the major vendor, it is reasonable to consider improvements of various kinds from various quarters. E.g. can a mirror definition be provided that supports "local addenda" that take precedence? This might be through a config file parameter. It could even allow one to suppress or continue processin of the "standard mirrors" if the locals fail. > <snip> -- Bill