[mirror-admin] Looking out for stale mirrors

[Chuck Anderson]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 08:49:59AM -0700, Scott Baker wrote:
> On 03/26/2010 08:45 AM, Matt Domsch wrote:
>> FYI.  On Monday 3/22, I changed how Fedora's MirrorManager treats
>> "stale" mirrors (mirrors with valid, but not quite up-to-date,
>> content).  Previously, mirrors could be at most 7 days stale, and
>> still be offered via the mirrorlists, to yum.  Now, that is at most 2
>> days stale.  This allows for sufficient propogation delay for new
>> updates, while ensuring that our users are getting the latest updates
>> that are available.  This affects both public and private mirrors.
>>
>> If you see yum frequently falling back to use another mirror, please
>> letmirror-admin at fedoraproject.org  know which mirror you see it
>> falling back from (the "stale" mirror), so we can investigate with the
>> mirror owner.
>
> How does one know if yum is "falling back"?

Agreed.  I think we need a yum enhancement that prints out the 
hostname of the mirror it is using by default.

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