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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: Slow Installer Download
From:       Joel Kulesza <jkulesza () gmail ! com>
Date:       2018-01-24 2:08:44
Message-ID: CAAGOGw8Mw_-gbs-SXU8eboFV_3-SDHOb-rmz2Q-6ECdgkOFUBg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Pavel Sanda <sanda@lyx.org> wrote:

> We alread have that and call it ftp mirrors, but you need to select them
> manually.
> I would suggest, that you try to download from japanese mirror in Seoul
> and american (UCSD) mirror in US and report back if your download speed is
> better.
>

I get 7-9 MB/s testing against the UCSD mirror.  That's certainly fast
enough!

I'll be sure to go to the closest mirror from now on.  Thanks for the tip.
My thought was that the mirrors were automatically assigned based on
location...


> or use services which have automatic
> mirror forwarding according to your location (I believe sourceforge was
> doing
> it some time ago).
>

... and because of that, if the webmaster can arrange this, I think it'd be
a really nice feature of the site.

Thanks again,
Joel

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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 \
at 8:12 AM, Pavel Sanda <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sanda@lyx.org" \
target="_blank">sanda@lyx.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">We alread have that and call it ftp mirrors, but \
you need to select them manually.<br> I would suggest, that you try to download from \
japanese mirror in Seoul<br> and american (UCSD) mirror in US and report back if your \
download speed is better.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I get 7-9 MB/s testing \
against the UCSD mirror.   That&#39;s certainly fast \
enough!</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ll be sure to go to the closest mirror from \
now on.   Thanks for the tip.   My thought was that the mirrors were automatically \
assigned based on location...</div><div>  <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">or use services which have automatic<br> mirror \
forwarding according to your location (I believe sourceforge was doing<br> it some \
time ago).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>... and because of that, if the \
webmaster can arrange this, I think it&#39;d be a really nice feature of the site.  \
</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div>Joel</div></div></div></div>



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