Linux Mint

"select best server" in software sources doesn't change ubuntu's repository

Bug #666060 reported by Emil Pavlov
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Bug Description

1) 10 RC
2) open the software sources dialog. click the drop menu for "download from" and select other. the click "select best server", or choose one manually
3) this changes only the server for linux mint repository
4) it must also change the ubuntu's repository
5) always

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Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre) wrote :

Hi Emil,

This is by design. The mirrors are Mint mirrors, not Ubuntu ones. This selection isn't meant to affect 3rd party repositories (Ubuntu being one of them).

Changed in linuxmint:
status: New → Invalid
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Emil Pavlov (emil-p-pavlov) wrote : Re: [Bug 666060] Re: "select best server" in software sources doesn't change ubuntu's repository

Yes, but this makes downloading updates very slow, if you don't have a
good connection with the default ubuntu server.

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Clement Lefebvre <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi Emil,
>
> This is by design. The mirrors are Mint mirrors, not Ubuntu ones. This
> selection isn't meant to affect 3rd party repositories (Ubuntu being one
> of them).
>
> ** Changed in: linuxmint
>       Status: New => Invalid
>
> --
> "select best server" in software sources doesn't change ubuntu's repository
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666060
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> of the bug.
>

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