maybe a smarter choice needed?

[Sadi58]

For me the output of the command apt-smart --list-mirrors is:

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| Rank | Mirror URL                         | Available? | Updating? | Last updated    | Bandwidth   |
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|    1 | http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu   | Yes        | No        | Up to date      | 335.33 KB/s |
|    2 | http://ubuntu.turhost.com/ubuntu   | Yes        | No        | 1 hour behind   | 708.1 KB/s  |
|    3 | http://ubuntu.saglayici.com/ubuntu | Yes        | No        | 3 hours behind  | 430.89 KB/s |
|    4 | http://ubuntu.vargonen.com/ubuntu  | Yes        | No        | 3 hours behind  | 122.09 KB/s |
|    5 | http://mirror.muvhost.com/ubuntu   | Yes        | No        | 4 hours behind  | 666.03 KB/s |
|    6 | http://mirror.ni.net.tr/ubuntu     | Yes        | No        | 12 hours behind | 588.75 KB/s |
|    7 | https://mirror.sh.com.tr/ubuntu    | Yes        | No        | 1 week behind   | 801.89 KB/s |
|    8 | http://ftp.linux.org.tr/ubuntu     | Yes        | Yes       | 4 hours behind  | 422.29 KB/s |
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And the output of the command apt-smart --find-best-mirror is http://archive.ubuntu.com.
It seems to me that apt-smart is not taking into account the bandwidth (server speed) enough.
I fully agree that, in general, server speed is less important than the time since it was updated.
For instance, the server ranking 7 in the list could even be at the very bottom.
However, I think being merely “1 hour behind” should be considered less important than having less than half the speed.
Therefore, I think the 2nd server in the list should actually be selected as the best mirror.

[vboufleur]

It seems to me that apt-smart is not taking into account the bandwidth (server speed) enough.

I completely agree with this. Having a mirror with faster bandwidth is the main reason of why I decided to start using apt-smart.

[Sadi58]

Unfortunately, I can't use this otherwise very useful utility until this issue is fixed, and I hope evcerything is OK with Martin68 of Hangzhou, China, and he or or somebody else (maybe @xolox ?) can take care of this issue.