Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-25 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-11-25 09:49, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/24/2017 4:47 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> I am suggesting we split get_site_list to create the setup.rc cached list at >> the >> start, flag entries false, > > So you're throwing away the information that the entries in the cached site > list > came

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-25 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/24/2017 4:47 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: I am suggesting we split get_site_list to create the setup.rc cached list at the start, flag entries false, So you're throwing away the information that the entries in the cached site list came from mirrors.lst in a previous setup run? merge the

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-24 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-11-24 09:21, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/24/2017 1:23 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2017-11-23 14:07, Ken Brown wrote: >>> On 11/22/2017 11:42 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-20 15:59, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-24 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/24/2017 1:23 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-23 14:07, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/22/2017 11:42 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-20 15:59, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-23 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-11-23 14:07, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/22/2017 11:42 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2017-11-20 15:59, Ken Brown wrote: >>> On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: > On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-23 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/22/2017 11:42 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-20 15:59, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian Inglis wrote: The issue of recognizing a URL that's already

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-22 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-11-20 16:02, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/20/2017 5:59 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >> On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: >>> On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: >>> On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian Inglis wrote: > One other thing I just noticed: If I

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-22 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-11-20 15:59, Ken Brown wrote: > On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: >> On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >>> On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian Inglis wrote: > The issue of recognizing a URL that's already in the list is not fixed. Here's >

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-20 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/20/2017 5:59 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian Inglis wrote: Thanks for your comments, I understand all your points, and agree with them. I merged

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-20 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/20/2017 4:30 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian Inglis wrote: Thanks for your comments, I understand all your points, and agree with them. I merged the posts and responses as they addressed

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-20 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2017-11-17 06:53, Jon Turney wrote: On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: > On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian Inglis wrote: Thanks for your comments, I understand all your points, and agree with them. I merged the posts and responses as they addressed the same issues. I also applied Ken's setup

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-19 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/17/2017 8:48 AM, Ken Brown wrote: which that fails.  Also, you shouldn't be relying on the servername field being filled in. One further comment about the servername field: AFAICT, the only use that's made of this field is to distinguish "official" mirrors (those listed in mirrors.lst,

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-17 Thread Jon Turney
On 15/11/2017 21:35, Brian Inglis wrote: I wondered if we could usefully add the mirrors.lst region and territory (called area and location in the code) to the Setup display, to avoid users having to refer to the web page to find out where mirrors are based geographically. Thanks for the

Re: [PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-17 Thread Ken Brown
On 11/15/2017 4:35 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: Hi folks, [reposted without text attachment to see if patch gets thru] Working on a FAST_CWD FAQ, looking at the Setup mirror site page and the web page, I wondered if we could usefully add the mirrors.lst region and territory (called area and

[PATCH] make setup mirror list more like web page not just urls

2017-11-15 Thread Brian Inglis
Hi folks, [reposted without text attachment to see if patch gets thru] Working on a FAST_CWD FAQ, looking at the Setup mirror site page and the web page, I wondered if we could usefully add the mirrors.lst region and territory (called area and location in the code) to the Setup display, to avoid