On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 08:38, Jeremy Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: >> If we wanted to implement a download counter, we could do so with a central >> redirector script for example. That would also give us the opportunity to do >> more intelligent Geo-IP-based mirror selection, instead of the current >> ping-based method which causes problems for some users and some servers. > > Does anything prevent us from using publicly available GEO-IP scripts > directly inside of MacPorts, rather than possibly creating a single point of > failure?
If this is implemented, it needs to be an opt-in feature. This has come up in the past as it relates to collecting usage statistics. Though, if I remember correctly, those discussions have always been shelved. And to clarify, I'm in favor of opt-in collection of usage statistics and think Geo-IP (local or remote) would be a useful addition as well. -- arno s hautala /-| [email protected] pgp f81c4e00 _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
