Re: [Cooker] RFC: mirrors

[Olivier Thauvin]

Le Mercredi 8 Mars 2006 14:51, Oden Eriksson a écrit :
> Hello.
>
> When I met Tomasz Kojm the author of clamav at FOSDEM I remembered that I
> had an idea to improve the mirror list and that stuff.
>
> The idea is to use the same technology that clamav uses to determine the
> closest mirror. They use geoip and some ISC BIND hacks I think. We can ask
> them about that. Maybe PowerDNS can be used as it knows about geoip.
>
> I try to explain some of the benefits:
>
>  * In the installer the user can chose to let the installer autodetect the
> closest mirror.
>
>  * In the installer the language and timezone could be set automatically by
> using geoip and LOC RR (ns resource record). Each mirror must provide us
> with the LOC data (rfc1876).

I see a problem here, I manage one of the more up-to-date and faster mirror in 
france (distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr). Unfortunally, I don't have the 
control over the DNS zone, I can ask to add such entry but I am not sure our 
DNS can handle such information (is it a bind ?? probably but I am not sure).

Moreover this mean poeple managing mirror will have to set this information. 
Will they do ?

>
>  * In the installer and/or some drak* tool the closest atomic clock (ntp)
> can be autodetected by using a special NS RR.
>
>  * The appropriate administrative drak* tools can use it too, for updates
> mirrors and such.
>
>  * If used Mandriva can get statistics from their dns logs (great for the
> sales guys?).
>
>  * Tools can be developed to determine accessibility and reliability of the
> mirrors and put that in the dns resource records. Bad mirrors can be
> disabled automatically. If chosen the dns data can be put in MySQL,
> PostgreSQL or OpenLDAP for easier maintenance.

Mandriva is currently unable to properly manage a mirrorlist... That's why I 
wrote easyurpmi. This have to be fixed first.

>
>  * In the future SIP/VoIP providers could be added to the NS RR.
>
>  * etc., etc...

Over my comment, I am not against, but again, please correct the current 
situation.

One of great idea related to this one would be a subscribe form on the web 
where mirrors maintainers can set:
- their name
- thier mail
- url to mandriva for their mirror

then get automatically subscribed to the closed mirror list. Also we can 
imagine a tools checking mirrors integrity and sending to the maintainer when 
the mirror is still wrong after some delays.

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