On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Gavin Sherry wrote: > Hi all, > > It occurs to me that opening web page on www.postgresql.org, asking the > user to select the mirror, is rather unprofessional. I am sure this has > been discussed before but I thought I would bring it up again anyway.
Your point? > So, why not just redirect people to one of the mirrors listed? This could > be done based on IP (yes it is inaccurate but it is close enough and has > the same net effect: pushing people off the main web server) or it could > be done by simply redirecting to a random mirror. Been there, done that, didn't work. Too much of a job to keep track of that many IP blocks too. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking http://www.camping-usa.com http://www.cloudninegifts.com http://www.meanstreamradio.com http://www.unknown-artists.com ========================================================================== ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
