[Bug 297272] Re: Mirror test doesn't consider mirror freshness or repository support

[Robert Roth]

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Mirror test doesn't consider mirror freshness or repository support

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
   Go to System > Administration > Software Sources

  Click on Other in the Download from

  Choose Best Server

  Software-sources would run some tests (most probably latency tests)
  and give a mirror which has less latency to you. 

  So till its fine.

  The problem is one doesn't know

  a. How fresh the mirror is ?
  b. Would it update all the repositories or not? 

  Both a & b may or may not be related with each other.

  I have experienced few times that the best server choosen for me
  didn't mean I get a fresher one as well.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.70
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
   LANG=en_IN
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

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