[Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-10-10] Script to obtain the optimized 'mirrorlist'

Alejandro Hernández alejandrohp at openmailbox.org
Mon Oct 10 13:59:26 GMT 2016


El 2016-10-02 14:11, André Silva escribió:
> On 10/01/2016 08:55 PM, Alejandro Hernández wrote:
>> Wow! You're right. I've found some arch info:
>> Mirrors:
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors
>> 
>> And 'Reflector' package. Script which can retrieve the latest mirror
>> list from the MirrorStatus web page, filter the most up-to-date 
>> mirrors,
>> sort them by speed and overwrite the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reflector
>> 
>> And I've read that distributions like 'Bridge Linux' (Arch based)
>> incorporates 'reflector' into the update process by default. 😲 I think
>> that is what Parabola needs.
> 
> It could be solved adding reflector to base group [0][1]
> 
> What do you think guys?
> 
> [0]:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Usage
> [1]:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#When_will_the_new_release_be_made_available.3F
> 
> 
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Bottom line of the [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-10-10] Script to obtain 
the optimized 'mirrorlist':

"
> And I've read that distributions like 'Bridge Linux' (Arch based)
> incorporates 'reflector' into the update process by default. 😲 I think
> that is what Parabola needs.

It could be solved adding reflector to base group [0][1]

What do you think guys?

[0]:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg#Usage
[1]:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#When_will_the_new_release_be_made_available.3F
"

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