Re: Web site

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com>
To: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Web site
Date: 2002-09-24 07:59:33
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.40.0209240357040.15867-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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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.
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