Re: state of the cdrom mirrors report
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 01:47:55PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > That's too optimistic, sadly. On a number of occasions I've seen people
> > suddenly "forget" to configure their Apaches after an upgrade or something.
> > It's usually that they only care about FTP for whatever reason and don't
> > bother to check up on HTTP.
>
> However, it's much harder to check http (I won't do it..), and the other
> alternative, to drop http entirely, has been vetoed.
We've got other scripts that parse HTTP-daemon generated directory indices...
> > > Index: english/distrib/netinst.wml
> > > ===================================================================
> > > - <li><a href="../CD/netinst/">Minimal CD</a>:
> > > - Instead of getting a full 650MB CD image, you just download a CD image
> > > - file which contains the bare essentials necessary to install the rest.
> > > + <li><a href="../CD/">CD</a>:
> > > + You download a CD image file. Minimal CD images are available, as is
> > > + a fast and efficient means to download a full CD from a mirror near you.
> >
> > This part I don't get. Instead of shortening the path between entering
> > www.d.o and getting to the netinst CDs, you've added another page to pass
> > through before the viewer reaches it.
>
> See the graph I posted to the gentoo thread. This page is a dead-end for
> anyone who wants a cd image via jigdo or from a mirror; all it lets you
> get currently is a unofficial netinst iso. Any yet it's linked
> prominently on the homepage. The patch aims to make it no longer be a
> dead end at least.
See my other mail, I rewrote this.
> > > Index: english/mirror/mirror_list.pl
> > > ===================================================================
> > > -open SRC, "<$mirror_source" ||
> > > +open(SRC, "<$mirror_source") ||
> >
> > Easy on the formatting... :)
>
> That's not formatting, the || die will never be called even if the file
> does not exist, unless you use parens. Perl parses || at a lower
> precidence than comma.
Oh, I see. Maybe "or" would work the way it's intended? (I dislike the
parens. :)
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