Re: Goals

[Andrew Lewman <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/01/2009 12:56 AM, jon wrote:
> 1) Contact current operators of defunct mirrors (I'll consider
> 404,401, no dns, as defunct).  I've already started contacting and
> paring.  Currently this addresses item #3 of Andrew's wishlist... that
> is if I Can't contact a mirror operator of a defunt mirror, we will
> remove them from the list.

Works for me.

 > 2) Improve the current mirror check script. Need something that will
> give a fudge factor, so that mirrors 12-24 hours out of date, or not
> being reported as "out of date".  Preferable a "last updated" status.
> I'm actually looking at other solutions, so anything that can be shell
> scripted would be preferable.  Also need to start looking into
> integrity checking as well.

One thing to remember is to keep this simple.  Most users looking for
our mirrors are going to find it via google/bing/yahoo searches, and
probably get a cached page via the search engine.

The ArchLinux mirror page you found earlier may overload non-technical
users.  It may not.  It's fun to find out. ;)

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