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| author | onefang | 2020-01-02 17:24:45 +1000 |
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| committer | onefang | 2020-01-02 17:24:45 +1000 |
| commit | 41e89228c2ac5d6217d9cfc0277887f2be283af0 (patch) | |
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| parent | Comment out previous attempts to fix the missing speed issue. (diff) | |
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Note about the server that's running the tests being extra speedy.
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| @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ For actual packages, pick the smallest one that has been recently updated. | |||
| 79 | It does this by measuring the reported speeds from the curl commands that actually download files. | 79 | It does this by measuring the reported speeds from the curl commands that actually download files. |
| 80 | Since apt-panopticon is trying hard to download everything from all mirrors all at the same time, this guess will be low. | 80 | Since apt-panopticon is trying hard to download everything from all mirrors all at the same time, this guess will be low. |
| 81 | Also, the computer running the apt-panopticon might have a network connection that is busy with other things. | 81 | Also, the computer running the apt-panopticon might have a network connection that is busy with other things. |
| 82 | Not to mention that obviously if the computer this is running on is one of the mirrors, it might get a wildly exaggerated speed, | ||
| 83 | not haaving to go through the rest of the Internet tends to help. | ||
| 82 | Finally, the tested mirror may have a bigger network connection than the computer running the test, so wont show it's true maximum. | 84 | Finally, the tested mirror may have a bigger network connection than the computer running the test, so wont show it's true maximum. |
| 83 | So take this speed measurement with a grain of salt, it's more of an indication, the <a href="../apt-panopticon_cgp/index.php">full graphs</a> might be useful. | 85 | So take this speed measurement with a grain of salt, it's more of an indication, the <a href="../apt-panopticon_cgp/index.php">full graphs</a> might be useful. |
| 84 | </p> | 86 | </p> |