Fedora Core 2 Update: kernel-2.6.6-1.435

[Ed K.]

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 23:37, Ed K. wrote:
>> Sorry for the delay.... But I was specifically recommending that you issue
>> a HEAD command to a http mirror. This would be simpler then parsing the
>> actual header.info
>>
>> {here starts a flame war}
>> actually, I would encourage the use of only http mirrors, there is better
>> support for caching when using proxy server. And, there is no support for
>> the HEAD command for an ftp serfer. You software must support proxy server.
>>
>
> Flame war? which flame war? I agree with you. If I can save bandwith
> using proxies (when the user has one) , then I'll do it.
>
> And I just implemented the header.info parser.. Nothing much different
> from the html parser I had before... I only had to change the regex to
> \d:(.*)=(.*)
> Now I only wish I knew what is the reason of this digit.... So far , I'm
> simply ignoring it.
>
> BTW , which directories do you think we should check? I'm thinking about
> checking these directories:
> updates/[$releasever,testing]
> development
> $releasever/SRPMS
> $releasever/$arch/Fedora/RPMS
>
> I'm not sure if checking the last two is a good idea , as they change
> only when they are first created. Then they never change again... Maybe
> I'll add a status file that will keep track of which mirrors have been
> checked for the last two directories and have passed the check.
>

I suggest that you should check /etc/yum.conf to find out which paths to
use. Or use http://www.fedoratracker.org/ to find out where the 
repositories are located. Or have I missed something in the thread?

{flame war}
I can't wait for ftp to retire for organized archives. http and bittorrent
should be all that is needed. no http header equivalent for ftp.

ed

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