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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2017 00:04:11 +0100
From:      Rafal Lukawiecki <raf@rafal.net>
To:        Ryan Steinmetz <zi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pkg.freebsd.org mirror having issues?
Message-ID:  <BA847A2E-0042-4E86-82F8-5D4453B0E495@rafal.net>
In-Reply-To: <20170902223612.GA66389@exodus.zi0r.com>
References:  <20170902212006.GA70826@exodus.zi0r.com> <54C54D41-E4D0-4E20-A2F2-498AD0D0187E@rafal.net> <20170902223612.GA66389@exodus.zi0r.com>

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On 2 Sep 2017, at 23:36, Ryan Steinmetz <zi@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> Looks like I misspoke.  This actually didn't have anything to do with my testing, but rather another mirror that was having issues.
> 
> The 2 minute delay you were experiencing was caused by pkg waiting for a timeout on another mirror before trying one that is responding.
> 
> I've removing the offending mirror for now and will investigate a more automatic solution in the near future.
> 
> -r

Many thanks, Ryan, for fixing the issue so quickly. It was a pleasure chatting with you on IRC, too. As I mentioned earlier, this week has been a good experience evaluating FreeBSD as the next platform for my company online training platform. It is clear that the quality and reachability of the community is a major asset of FreeBSD. Thank you for making me remember that the best of IT’s old days is not gone.

Rafal


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