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Date:      Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:26:22 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl www/share/sgml includes.misc.sgml includes.misc.xsl
Message-ID:  <20050101222621.GI50770@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050101222238.GP761@zaphod.nitro.dk>
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On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 11:22:38PM +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> On 2005.01.01 21:57:50 +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 10:52:35PM +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> > > On 2005.01.01 21:15:08 +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > > ceri        2005-01-01 21:15:08 UTC
> > > >=20
> > > >   FreeBSD doc repository
> > > >=20
> > > >   Modified files:
> > > >     en                   index.xsl=20
> > > >     share/sgml           includes.misc.sgml includes.misc.xsl=20
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   Add a really big link that says "Download", along with some small=
er ones
> > > >   for each platform.
> > >=20
> > > I don't really like this, mainly because there is no link to the
> > > mirror list, so the main ftp site(s) will likely get hammered more.
> > > If we want to make it simpler for people to find the download area, I
> > > would rather have the link to where.html is made more prominet (and
> > > perhaps even being called "Download"), and then perhaps improved
> > > where.html.
> >=20
> > I had considered that, but I really really want something that I can
> > just click on without having to read anything first.
>=20
> _Personally_ I think the list in the "Distribution Sites" section of
> where.html is fine for that purpose, of course it's one click away,
> but you can still just get to the files rather quickly without the
> need to read the rest of the page.
>=20
> > I think that ISC can take the beating, but if they say otherwise...
>=20
> I don't actually know about the ISC mirror, but I know that the
> TDC(/Danish) part of the mirror get a pretty hefty beating around
> release time.
>=20
> > Since this commit it has been suggested to me that we have a method of
> > automatically determining a user's closest mirror, and I'm looking at
> > ways of doing that right now.  If you insist then I can back out until
> > that is done, but I'd rather not.
>=20
> No, I very intentionally did not say the words "back out" in my last
> mail :-).  The load of the mirrors is most likely only really relevant
> around release time, so there is no big rush in that regard.
>=20
> I still think the change is a regression, but if the popular opinion
> is otherwise, it's not something I'm going to bitch more about :-).

OK, well let's wait for some popular opinion then ;-)
I'll continue looking in to the closest mirror business in the meantime.

Ceri
--=20
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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