Remove scored based mirrorlist sorting

Users may use the returned mirror list as-is without sorting it
themselves. This may lead to the first mirror in the list being
overloaded. Prevent this by not returning a sorted list.

References: https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2017-January/028681.html

Signed-off-by: Florian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at>
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Florian Pritz 2017-02-15 19:55:53 +01:00 committed by Angel Velasquez
parent 210eb68a41
commit 644864de28
3 changed files with 6 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
from ..models import MirrorUrl, MirrorProtocol
from ..utils import get_mirror_statuses
import random
class MirrorlistForm(forms.Form):
country = forms.MultipleChoiceField(required=False,
@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ def status_filter(original_urls):
# (as opposed to those that have been set with no score)
if (u.id not in scores) or (u.score and u.score < 100.0):
urls.append(u)
# if a url doesn't have a score, treat it as the highest possible
return sorted(urls, key=lambda x: x.score or 100.0)
# randomize list to prevent users from overloading the first mirror in the returned list
return random.shuffle(urls)
def find_mirrors(request, countries=None, protocols=None, use_status=False,

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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ <h3>Customized by country mirrorlist</h3>
desired protocol(s). Simply replace the contents of
<code>/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist</code> with your generated list.
Additionally, the mirror status data can be incorporated into the generated
mirror list and used to pre-order the mirrors.</p>
mirror list and used to only list up to date mirrors.</p>
<form id="list-generator" method="get">
{{ mirrorlist_form.as_div }}

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@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ forget about where line breaks are happening until you are done getting the
content right, and then go back later to fix it all up.
{% endcomment %}{% autoescape off %}##
## Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
## Sorted by mirror score from mirror status page
## Filtered by mirror score from mirror status page
## Generated on {% now "Y-m-d" %}
##
{% for mirror_url in mirror_urls %}
## Score: {{ mirror_url.score|floatvalue:1|default:'unknown' }}, {{ mirror_url.country.name|default:'Worldwide' }}
## {{ mirror_url.country.name|default:'Worldwide' }}
#Server = {{ mirror_url.url}}$repo/os/$arch{% endfor %}
{% endautoescape %}