[arch-general] Syncing the mirrors

[hollunder]

Excerpts from Allan McRae's message of 2010-02-02 09:24:47 +0100:
> On 02/02/10 18:09, Benoit Favre wrote:
> > In any case, there should be more communication towards users about
> > what's really going on.
> 
> Like posting a message saying not to update on the front page?  That 
> would have been nice...
> 
> Allan
>

With all due respect Allan, but it doesn't say that, it says:
It is advisable to check the state of your mirror before updating
(https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus).

But the page doesn't tell us a lot. It doesn't tell us which mirrors are
in sync and which ones are syncing. That would be the needed
information.

Last night I tried one where the sync date was less than
two hours in the past and yet I got lots of corrupted files.

The only useful thing the page can tell you is which mirrors probably
are pre push from testing and which ones are probably after.

The only way to actually find a synced one is through trial and error or
by someone telling you a good one.

Regards,
Philipp