[Philip Blundell] > If we want to provide suggestions for nearby mirrors, I don't > honestly think there is any reliable way to derive an address from > the locale name. It would almost certainly be better to just add an > extra "lang->mirror" field or something and let people fill in their > favourite mirrors in the language .src files. Why not use fping to check the reply speed of all the mirrors, and choose the fastest as the suggested mirror?