I read most people run pacman-mirrors -f quite systematically before every upgrade. What about having a weekly timer on Thursdays so that our mirrors have been calibrated shortly before the end of the week update?
For someone living in Europe it is very reasonable to have a pool of 10 servers or more, there are 10 only in Germany. With -f5 it happens that the 2-3 fastest mirrors in the pool are not picked up and I end up with a slow server, it is a pain. I must not be the only one in this situation. I would suggest something greater like -f8 or -f10 now that we have larger pools than before . It would not affect those who have a pool of 5 or less.
I read most people run
pacman-mirrors -f
quite systematically before every upgrade. What about having a weekly timer on Thursdays so that our mirrors have been calibrated shortly before the end of the week update?For someone living in Europe it is very reasonable to have a pool of 10 servers or more, there are 10 only in Germany. With
-f5
it happens that the 2-3 fastest mirrors in the pool are not picked up and I end up with a slow server, it is a pain. I must not be the only one in this situation. I would suggest something greater like-f8
or-f10
now that we have larger pools than before . It would not affect those who have a pool of 5 or less.