Description
This feature is needed because:
- The automatic mirror selection algorithm sometimes picks a bad option.
- (Just 2 weeks ago) After running overnight on the default mirror, the installer only downloaded 12%. The user reported that picking a different mirror (using the Qt SDK Repo Chooser [1]) sped things up dramatically: https://forum.qt.io/topic/92445/
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- Geographical proximity does not imply mirror quality.
- A user from China found Chinese mirrors too slow, and opts for non-Chinese mirrors instead: http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/interest/2013-December/010336.html
- A user from China requested the removal of a Chinese mirror: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTWEBSITE-677
- Geographical proximity does not imply mirror quality.
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- The algorithm doesn't pick the closest mirror anyway.
- A user from Israel was given a Japanese mirror instead of a European mirror: https://forum.qt.io/topic/87221/
- A user from Cyprus was given a Chinese mirror instead of a European mirror: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTWEBSITE-637
- The algorithm doesn't pick the closest mirror anyway.
- A specific mirror might sometimes be blocked client-side:
QTIFW-1079
Attachments
Issue Links
- duplicates
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QTIFW-1079 qt-unified-windows-x86-3.0.2-online is blocked by TrendMicro scanner
- Closed
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QTIFW-2001 Qt online installer is too fragile
- Closed
- relates to
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QDS-9687 Examples cannot be downloaded
- Closed