Bug 849797

Summary: RFE: anaconda needs fastestmirror functionality
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: joshua
Component: loraxAssignee: Brian Lane <bcl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: bcl, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, mgracik, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Fixed In Version: lorax-18.15-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description joshua 2012-08-20 22:07:31 UTC
Description of problem:

Kickstarting from a mirrorlist is fine... what if the machine is in Amsterdam, and my mirrorlist has mirrors in Amsterdam, Seattle, and Thailand... I'm often installing from Thailand.  This makes for a very long install, which is totally unneeded.

Can we get some optional logic added to anaconda such that it can be a little smarter with choosing mirrors?

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2012-08-22 15:41:35 UTC
Once yum-plugin-fastestmirror is included in the installation environment, we can enable it.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-08-23 22:19:41 UTC
lorax-18.15-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lorax-18.15-1.fc18

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-08-24 01:24:16 UTC
Package lorax-18.15-1.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing lorax-18.15-1.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-12621/lorax-18.15-1.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Brian Lane 2012-08-27 15:04:58 UTC
Added enable of plugin to anaconda as commit - http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/anaconda.git/commit/?id=59ec38a6d65b9b5066343f6adcb6e19208be1ddb

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-08-28 08:05:01 UTC
lorax-18.15-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.