On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, jason andrade wrote:
> i'm not sure who looks after cdimage.debian.org's web pages
> but i needed one change and also had a suggestion.
>
> suggestion: despite the really cool Q&A system to get to a
> final answer, would it be possible to link to the list of
> mirror sites for the ISOs off the front page ?
We had just that when slink was released, and we decided that was "not
optimal".
> change needed:
>
> aarnet's mirror project is also hosting the m68k ISO images
> and i've just started getting PPC images.
>
> so can the list be updated to reflect
>
> source, i386, alpha, sparc, m68k, powerpc
I've changed it to "all except arm" instead ;-)
> i'd also consider cleaning up the list a little - i have no
> idea how the data is stored - plain html ? back end database
Simple text database from which the rsync and FTP/HTTP lists are generated;
admin's email addresses are stored there too.
> so here's an attempt at just the html if someone wants to
> cut and paste it in. Please note that of the 4 sites
> listed for AU here's the status report (please note that i
> look after AARNet's archives so this isn't "independant")
>
> AARNet - ftp/http/rsync up. 2.2 iso available (except ARM)
> Armidale - ftp service down. unable to check on versions available
http://www.une.edu.au/its/nsg.htm still mentiones it; may be down temporarily.
> Perth - ftp up, 2.2 not available yet (except for beta)
> Sydney - ftp up, 2.2 not available yet
2.2_rev0 partly present already.
>
> --------------cut here-----------------------------
> <dt>Australia, AARNet, hosted at <a href="http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/">AARNet's
>Mirror Project</a> (only for .au & .nz)
Ah, you just registered the city AARNet to be listed first? ;-))
> </dt>
> <dd>
> <a href="ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian-cd/">FTP</a>
> and
> <a href="http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian-cd/">HTTP</a>
> and
> <a href="rsync://mirror.aarnet.edu.au::debian-cd/">RSYNC</a>
I wonder what webbrowser understand this... It has to be cut'n'paste-able into
an xterm or DOS box and nobody will use "Copy Link Location" (if that's even
possible in IE).
(Besides it's wrong notation; if you use rsync:// then s|::|/|
but older rsyncs don't understand rsync:// so that's why we still use the old
notation.)
And I intentionally do not mention rsync and ftp/http on the same page because
then rsync simply won't be used at all. Everyone wants to point'n'click and
not think of the consequences.
> (source, i386, alpha, sparc, m68k, powerpc)
> </dd>
> <dt>Australia, Armidale, hosted at <a href="http://www.une.edu.au/">University of
>New England</a>
I don't mention "hosted at" unless explicitly requested, because it would
enormously clutter up the list.
>[...]
Regards,
Anne Bezemer
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