FS#49367 - [pacman] Please use httping for rankmirrors for more accurate result.

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Eric Wang (enihcam) - Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 02:33 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 10:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
Please use httping for rankmirrors for more accurate result.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 10:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  rankmirrors has been removed
Comment by Martin Kühne (mar77i) - Monday, 10 October 2016, 12:44 GMT
These other deficiencies for rankmirrors are known:
- ping latency may diverge with download speed
- ping latency says nothing at all about sync status

I'd like to see an attempt on these other problems, if any effort is to be made.

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