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| -rwxr-xr-x | apt-panopticon-report-email-web.lua | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | explanations.html | 2 |
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diff --git a/apt-panopticon-report-email-web.lua b/apt-panopticon-report-email-web.lua index 27353ad..44e91d9 100755 --- a/apt-panopticon-report-email-web.lua +++ b/apt-panopticon-report-email-web.lua | |||
| @@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ if nil == web then C("opening mirrors file - " .. e) else | |||
| 485 | "<p><font color='blue'><b>TIMEOUT</b></font> or <font color='darkblue'><b>TIMEOUT</b></font>" .. | 485 | "<p><font color='blue'><b>TIMEOUT</b></font> or <font color='darkblue'><b>TIMEOUT</b></font>" .. |
| 486 | " means the mirror had too many timeouts, and tests where aborted, so there is no result for this test.</p>" .. | 486 | " means the mirror had too many timeouts, and tests where aborted, so there is no result for this test.</p>" .. |
| 487 | "<p>NOTE: timeouts may be due to a problem on the testing computer, it might be busy with other things, or be having it's own network problems..</p>" .. | 487 | "<p>NOTE: timeouts may be due to a problem on the testing computer, it might be busy with other things, or be having it's own network problems..</p>" .. |
| 488 | "<p>NOTE: the speed of the server this checking script is running on might be wildly exaggerated, it doesn't have to go through the Internet to download from itself.</p>" | ||
| 488 | "<p>The DNS round robin (DNS-RR) column shows the IPs for that mirror, or <font color='grey'><b>no</b></font> if it isn't part of the DNS-RR. " .. | 489 | "<p>The DNS round robin (DNS-RR) column shows the IPs for that mirror, or <font color='grey'><b>no</b></font> if it isn't part of the DNS-RR. " .. |
| 489 | "The IPs link to the testing log for that IP accessed via the DNS-RR. " .. | 490 | "The IPs link to the testing log for that IP accessed via the DNS-RR. " .. |
| 490 | APT.options.roundRobin.value .. " is the DNS-RR itself, so it doesn't get tested directly.</p>\n" .. | 491 | APT.options.roundRobin.value .. " is the DNS-RR itself, so it doesn't get tested directly.</p>\n" .. |
diff --git a/explanations.html b/explanations.html index 7e2878d..73820c8 100644 --- a/explanations.html +++ b/explanations.html | |||
| @@ -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> |