Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Besides that I'm interested in how your script works at DNS level and if it
> wouldn't be more suitable to just setup a server with BIND + GeoDNS[1].
That's exactly the idea, but I chose to use pdns-backend-pipe +
libgeo-perl, so that I could grep the Mirrors.masterlist f
Guillem Jover wrote:
> You might want you use «dpkg --print-architecture» instead, so you
> avoid a dependency on dpkg-dev.
Good point.
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On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 21:09:24 +0100, Leo costela Antunes wrote:
> Adam Borowski wrote:
> > Uhm, and how exactly do you get the arch? At DNS time you don't have
> > anything but the requester's or his ISP's IP.
>
> This would have to be placed inside sources.list at some point, then I
> figure th
Hi,
Leo "costela" Antunes wrote:
>
> It's been suggested on the referred thread[0].
> I've never worked with it myself, but my limited understanding is that
> it would need work from all mirror admins and even if that was feasible,
> there are bound to be mirrors that are (technically, bureaucrat
Hi,
Raphael Geissert wrote:
>
> I'm not an expert on the subject, but wouldn't anycast be more suitable?
>
It's been suggested on the referred thread[0].
I've never worked with it myself, but my limited understanding is that
it would need work from all mirror admins and even if that was feasibl
Hello,
Leo "costela" Antunes wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> As an incredibly late follow-up to this [0] small thread, I created a
> small script to act as backend for pdns and return a mirror for the
> user's country.
> It's a simple DNS based geographic mirror selection idea.
>
> It works by:
> - usi
Adam Borowski wrote:
> Ah, right. Yet at least in some cases, it could be tricky to have the arch,
> so I think you would need a generic mirror anyway.
I don't see any scenario where getting the arch would be tricky, do you
have any in mind?
Even if there is such a case, we have many mirrors that
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:09:24PM +0100, Leo costela Antunes wrote:
> Adam Borowski wrote:
> > Uhm, and how exactly do you get the arch? At DNS time you don't have
> > anything but the requester's or his ISP's IP.
>
> This would have to be placed inside sources.list at some point, then I
> figur
Adam Borowski wrote:
> you can also get a "geoip-city-lite" database which appears to be dfsg free
> once you purge nondistributable parts about ISPs (city and ISP data is
> intermingled in a single file). That could perhaps provide some better
> resolution than just country.
I thougth about this
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 02:38:04AM +0100, Leo costela Antunes wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> As an incredibly late follow-up to this [0] small thread, I created a
> small script to act as backend for pdns and return a mirror for the
> user's country.
> It's a simple DNS based geographic mirror selection
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