Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
Am 12.08.2014 um 23:25 schrieb Gregory Oschwald: From my last information GeoIP2 is a complete rewrite and not finished for productive environments, yet. Maybe it also would be better to provide geoip and geoip2 as seperate source packages.. Yes, they are different formats. The new format is production ready. The C API is unlikely to change at all before a non-0.x release. Anyway the MaxMind DB Writer is not useful for the current format and where I last have got a chat with one from MaxMind: it is also not working, but things could have been changed.. It does work and it is used internally to generate the GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 databases. You are correct that it is only only useful for the new format. So what should we do now with this bugreport? I would personaly prefer a volunter who is able to extend the geoip-generator to support the city database as input and output. This should be possible as the old format is fairly straightforward, but it is also quite limiting, which is why MaxMind created the new format. The legacy APIs are in maintenance only mode. Greg So this bug should be a ITP. Are you interested in packaging it? -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer Blog: http://www.linux-dev.org/ E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */
Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
Am 12.08.2014 um 05:06 schrieb Gregory Oschwald: Although MaxMind does not provide a writer for the legacy database format, it does provide a writer for the format used by GeoLite2 / GeoIP2: https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Writer-perl There is also a specification at: https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB/blob/master/MaxMind-DB-spec.md Greg From my last information GeoIP2 is a complete rewrite and not finished for productive environments, yet. Maybe it also would be better to provide geoip and geoip2 as seperate source packages.. Anyway the MaxMind DB Writer is not useful for the current format and where I last have got a chat with one from MaxMind: it is also not working, but things could have been changed.. So what should we do now with this bugreport? I would personaly prefer a volunter who is able to extend the geoip-generator to support the city database as input and output. -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer Blog: http://www.linux-dev.org/ E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
From my last information GeoIP2 is a complete rewrite and not finished for productive environments, yet. Maybe it also would be better to provide geoip and geoip2 as seperate source packages.. Yes, they are different formats. The new format is production ready. The C API is unlikely to change at all before a non-0.x release. Anyway the MaxMind DB Writer is not useful for the current format and where I last have got a chat with one from MaxMind: it is also not working, but things could have been changed.. It does work and it is used internally to generate the GeoIP2 and GeoLite2 databases. You are correct that it is only only useful for the new format. So what should we do now with this bugreport? I would personaly prefer a volunter who is able to extend the geoip-generator to support the city database as input and output. This should be possible as the old format is fairly straightforward, but it is also quite limiting, which is why MaxMind created the new format. The legacy APIs are in maintenance only mode. Greg
Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
Hello, the problem is not that they do not provide the data sources (.csv), but there is no way to build those .csv data to the binary format required by GeoIP itself. If you are skilled in C++ you may extend the geoip-generator from the Debian geoip sources itself. If there is a way to build those data I would be happy to provide them. Am 10.08.2014 um 22:02 schrieb Andrew Moise: Package: geoip-database Version: 20140710-1 Severity: wishlist Hello. It would be nice to have packaged up the free city data that maxmind now makes available: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/ Thanks for your time, take care. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.8.11 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash geoip-database depends on no packages. Versions of packages geoip-database recommends: ii libgeoip1 1.6.2-1 geoip-database suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer Blog: http://www.linux-dev.org/ E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
Hm, I'm not too familiar with geoip or its situation in Debian. My thought for how to handle this would be to package the GeoLite2 databases (not .csv but .mmdb) and the APIs for them that Maxmind provides, both as packages that are separate from the existing geoip packages. But, I would mostly defer to your judgement -- I am capable with C++ and could also extend the geoip-generator. What's the reason for not just packaging the GeoLite2 .mmdb files and the new API as Maxmind provides them? I'm still not 100% sure about what the existing situation is. Mostly my motivation is simply that I'm working with a tool for which it would be useful if Debian could, out of the box, resolve IP addresses to city names for me. Thanks. -Andrew On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Patrick Matthäi pmatth...@debian.org wrote: Hello, the problem is not that they do not provide the data sources (.csv), but there is no way to build those .csv data to the binary format required by GeoIP itself. If you are skilled in C++ you may extend the geoip-generator from the Debian geoip sources itself. If there is a way to build those data I would be happy to provide them. Am 10.08.2014 um 22:02 schrieb Andrew Moise: Package: geoip-database Version: 20140710-1 Severity: wishlist Hello. It would be nice to have packaged up the free city data that maxmind now makes available: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/ Thanks for your time, take care. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.8.11 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash geoip-database depends on no packages. Versions of packages geoip-database recommends: ii libgeoip1 1.6.2-1 geoip-database suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer Blog: http://www.linux-dev.org/ E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
Am 11.08.2014 um 16:25 schrieb Andrew Moise: Hm, I'm not too familiar with geoip or its situation in Debian. My thought for how to handle this would be to package the GeoLite2 databases (not .csv but .mmdb) and the APIs for them that Maxmind provides, both as packages that are separate from the existing geoip packages. But, I would mostly defer to your judgement -- I am capable with C++ and could also extend the geoip-generator. That would be nice! :) What's the reason for not just packaging the GeoLite2 .mmdb files and the new API as Maxmind provides them? I'm still not 100% sure about what the existing situation is. Mostly my motivation is simply It is non-free if it is not buildable from source. that I'm working with a tool for which it would be useful if Debian could, out of the box, resolve IP addresses to city names for me. Then you also could get happy with geoip-database-contrib. Thanks. -Andrew On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Patrick Matthäi pmatth...@debian.org wrote: Hello, the problem is not that they do not provide the data sources (.csv), but there is no way to build those .csv data to the binary format required by GeoIP itself. If you are skilled in C++ you may extend the geoip-generator from the Debian geoip sources itself. If there is a way to build those data I would be happy to provide them. Am 10.08.2014 um 22:02 schrieb Andrew Moise: Package: geoip-database Version: 20140710-1 Severity: wishlist Hello. It would be nice to have packaged up the free city data that maxmind now makes available: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/ Thanks for your time, take care. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.8.11 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash geoip-database depends on no packages. Versions of packages geoip-database recommends: ii libgeoip1 1.6.2-1 geoip-database suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer Blog: http://www.linux-dev.org/ E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */ -- /* Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards, Patrick Matthäi GNU/Linux Debian Developer Blog: http://www.linux-dev.org/ E-Mail: pmatth...@debian.org patr...@linux-dev.org */ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
Although MaxMind does not provide a writer for the legacy database format, it does provide a writer for the format used by GeoLite2 / GeoIP2: https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Writer-perl There is also a specification at: https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB/blob/master/MaxMind-DB-spec.md Greg
Bug#757723: geoip-database: Would be nice to have GeoLite2 databases packaged
Package: geoip-database Version: 20140710-1 Severity: wishlist Hello. It would be nice to have packaged up the free city data that maxmind now makes available: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/ Thanks for your time, take care. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.8.11 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash geoip-database depends on no packages. Versions of packages geoip-database recommends: ii libgeoip1 1.6.2-1 geoip-database suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
