I care far far more about finding a way to give each client computer
a
way to get a reasonable accurate list of mirrors that works well and
reliably for access to released updates and base packages for full
releases. If discussion isn't framed around this being the central
goal, I'm not overly interested in it.
IMHO much of the weirdness with up2date and to a lesser degree with
yum stems from mirror selection issues. The best solution currently
seems to require that each OP hand edit his/her relevant
configuration file(s) to point to more "desirable" mirrors. I've found
up2date to work poorly at best since FC1; note that I don't so much
mind breakage in the test releases since there are typically in excess
of 50 package updates a day.
Perhaps a solution similar to the one fedora.us has implemented with
their version of apt could be applied to up2date/yum namely the first
time the app is run the OP gets a TUI that allows for mirror
selections. Painless & effective.
Hoping this suggestion falls within Jef's ground rules else I'll be
taunted as well ;)
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Bests,
Jon
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