Re: GRAB Version 2.4 Released!

On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:22:23AM -0500, Jef Spaleta wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 04:28, Greg Kurtzer wrote:
> > There is really not too much going on in the world of GRAB. Things are looking
> > very stable, almost boringly stable...
> > 
> > Maybe it is time for a rewrite, or some new major something or other?! :) Any
> > ideas?

what would be nice, is a system whereby GRAB keeps a database of 'connection
quality' to each of the servers specified in its config file; and will
prefer to download packages from servers that have historically been:
1. faster
2. more up-to-date
3. more reliable?

I wouldn't use this much myself (since I have my own server that I use to
push out updates to machines); but it would be nice to have it in Apt (I
think apt might already do some of this, and I know there have been programs
written for apt to do this).

it's a wishlist item tho. :) not a showstopper.

Carl Soderstrom.
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Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com