[SOLVED] Does rankmirrors use same criteria as the Mirror Status tool?

trusktr · 2011-11-01 20:13:23

Does rankmirrors use the exact same criteria as the Mirror Status tool at http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/? I was just curious.

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karol · 2011-11-01 20:16:50

You can view /usr/bin/rankmirrors to see what it does and how.

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trusktr · 2011-11-01 21:06:49

Alright. I might just do that. I want to know if using rankmirrors is better than using the mirrorlist tool with "use mirror status" enabled, or vice versa.

stefanwilkens · 2011-11-01 22:06:08

They do different things:

Rankmirrors checks a list of mirrors for speed (bandwidth) by timing a download.

http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ checks the mirrors for lag, how far they are behind the main repository in terms of sync.

Short answer: no

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karol · 2011-11-06 23:38:16

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