On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 01:47:55PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > That's too optimistic, sadly. On a number of occasions I've seen people > > suddenly "forget" to configure their Apaches after an upgrade or something. > > It's usually that they only care about FTP for whatever reason and don't > > bother to check up on HTTP. > > However, it's much harder to check http (I won't do it..), and the other > alternative, to drop http entirely, has been vetoed.
We've got other scripts that parse HTTP-daemon generated directory indices... > > > Index: english/distrib/netinst.wml > > > =================================================================== > > > - <li><a href="../CD/netinst/">Minimal CD</a>: > > > - Instead of getting a full 650MB CD image, you just download a CD image > > > - file which contains the bare essentials necessary to install the rest. > > > + <li><a href="../CD/">CD</a>: > > > + You download a CD image file. Minimal CD images are available, as is > > > + a fast and efficient means to download a full CD from a mirror near > > > you. > > > > This part I don't get. Instead of shortening the path between entering > > www.d.o and getting to the netinst CDs, you've added another page to pass > > through before the viewer reaches it. > > See the graph I posted to the gentoo thread. This page is a dead-end for > anyone who wants a cd image via jigdo or from a mirror; all it lets you > get currently is a unofficial netinst iso. Any yet it's linked > prominently on the homepage. The patch aims to make it no longer be a > dead end at least. See my other mail, I rewrote this. > > > Index: english/mirror/mirror_list.pl > > > =================================================================== > > > -open SRC, "<$mirror_source" || > > > +open(SRC, "<$mirror_source") || > > > > Easy on the formatting... :) > > That's not formatting, the || die will never be called even if the file > does not exist, unless you use parens. Perl parses || at a lower > precidence than comma. Oh, I see. Maybe "or" would work the way it's intended? (I dislike the parens. :) -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.