Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:14:50 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>, Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>, hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Statement regarding FreeBSD release ISO images Message-ID: <20030130211450.GA43978@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200301302050.h0UKoHUD089619@apollo.backplane.com> References: <3E2E58E8.7020903@btc.adaptec.com> <20030122191836.GC12075@perrin.int.nxad.com> <3E2EF005.9010107@btc.adaptec.com> <20030130155948.GL41512@genius.tao.org.uk> <200301302050.h0UKoHUD089619@apollo.backplane.com>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 12:50:17PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: >=20 > I think it would be far easier to simply have each site create a > resource files, /pub/FreeBSD/resources.txt or /pub/FreeBSD.resources, > which lists mirror services available at that site. Then a simple sc= ript > on freefall or hub could run through the list of download sites and > collect all the resources file together into a master list. >=20 > sysinstall (etc) could then use the master list to provide selections > to the user. >=20 > This would give sites far more flexibility. For example, a site might > hold both the alpha and ia64 mirrors, and instead of having to pull= =20 > CNAME tricks with someone else's DNS the administrator would need onl= y=20 > edit a single file (/pub/FreeBSD.resources) on his site. >=20 Now that I like... File format anyone? Of course it would be possible for a savy script to do a survey of known ftp sites and generate the list automatically..... Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj45lcoACgkQXVIcjOaxUBaZCACeM6H8ODJZFpqMvwSTnbpkWYhs 87wAoOAHQwcpWzRe/tSvKp421LQhjq/Z =LVgL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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