[tex-live] Choosing mirrors

[Robin Fairbairns]

Lars Madsen <daleif at imf.au.dk> wrote:

> BTW:
> 
> how does tlmgr choose the closest mirror?

it doesn't "choose" the closest, it goes to something that looks plausible.

> I'm in DK
> 
> If I run
> 
> tlmgr -gui
> 
> and choose 'load default repository'
> 
> then I end up at utwente.nl
> 
> whereas choosing 'load default net repository'
> 
> gives me
> 
> http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/
> 
> (the same as mirror.ctan.org)

huh?  mirror.ctan.org is a meta-address, doing nothing but redirecting
to some other site.

> Why this difference?

there are several "believed plausible" machines for any given location
of users.  mirror.ctan.org doesn't "remember" what it gave you last
time.

> And how should users know the difference between 'default repository'
> and 'default net repository'?

pass.  i don't use guis if i can help it, and hadn't read the blurbs
around that app.

robin