{infra} is still talking about this
On 7/27/12 2 :01PM, "Josh Thompson" <josh_thomp...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
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>I slightly tweaked the mirrors.cgi script to be able to have a redirect
>feature. I have our download.html file set up so that when a user clicks
>to
>download a file, it sends them back to the download.cgi URL with some GET
>variables set specifying the selected mirror and specifying a file to be
>downloaded. Then, the user is redirected to the appropriate URL for
>downloading the file from the mirror. You can look at the scripts in the
>cms
>repo:
>
>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/vcl/content/mirrors
>.cgi
>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/vcl/content/downloa
>d.cgi
>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/vcl/content/downloa
>d.html
>
>One thing to note in the mirrors.cgi file - I started playing with the
>idea of
>recording downloads to a log file because I started looking in to this
>when
>the access logs were not available do to a security incident. Since the
>access logs are available now, I saw no need to record things to a
>separate
>log file. So, that part is commented out.
>
>Josh
>
>On Friday, July 27, 2012 3:08:12 AM Greg Stein wrote:
>> I read your entire email. Are you suggesting that the app should
>>interpret
>> a Location: header in a 3xx redirect? If so, then please be less subtle.
>>
>> Second, *is* there such a redirect feature? (just checked; no)
>>
>> Absent clarity when I read your email, I knew that Carol's proposed
>> solution would work and seemed an entirely reasonable solution.
>>
>> They could certainly write their own CGI to interpret the mirrors list.
>>It
>> might be "faster" (in a ridiculously moot sort of fashion). But a teeny
>> invocation script and small template is likely more maintainable for the
>> project, given arbitrary changes that may occur around the system
>> underlying closer.cgi/mirrors.cgi.
>>
>> -g
>>
>> On Jul 27, 2012 2:55 AM, "Daniel Shahaf" <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>
>>wrote:
>> > Greg Stein wrote on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 17:23:56 -0400:
>> > > That link works for a web browser to generate a default download
>>page.
>> >
>> > Read the second paragraph I wrote too please.
>> >
>> > > Carol: your solution looks proper for retrieving a simple URL for
>>use
>> > > within an application (desktop, I presume?)
>> > >
>> > > If you have any problems with the CGI script, please feel free to
>> > > contact
>> > > me. I've done a bit of work on it.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > -g
>> > > On Jul 26, 2012 12:06 PM, "Daniel Shahaf" <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> > > > Try this link:
>>http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/flex/
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm pretty sure there is a query string parameter you can add to
>>make
>> >
>> > it
>> >
>> > > > do a redirect, too, rather than just tell you what the preferred
>> >
>> > mirror is.
>> >
>> > > > Thanks for asking,
>> > > >
>> > > > Daniel
>> > > >
>> > > > Carol Frampton wrote on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 08:56:37 -0700:
>> > > > > {sent on behalf of Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> who is a
>> >
>> > member
>> >
>> > > > of flex-dev}
>> > > >
>> > > > > Hi all,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I'm writing on behalf of the Apache Flex (incubating) community.
>> >
>> > We're
>> >
>> > > > > working on a tool that helps an end-user to download and
>>install our
>> > > > > binaries to the correct location on their system for use in an
>>IDE.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > We would like to do this the proper way, which in our
>>understanding
>> >
>> > is
>> >
>> > > > > by using a dynamically assigned download mirror instead of a
>> > > > > hard-coded link. I've read all of the documentation I could
>>find and
>> > > > > I've come up with the following solution:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > 1. create a wrapper around the generic 'mirrors.cgi', as
>>described
>> > > > > in
>> > > >
>> > > > [1];
>> > > >
>> > > > > 2. create a HTML file containing only the tag: [preferred]. We
>>need
>> > > > > only one mirror URL as this is an automated download process;
>> > > > > 3. place these two in the root of our project site;
>> > > > > 4. call the wrapper CGI as a web service from our application,
>>and
>> >
>> > use
>> >
>> > > > > the result for the domain section of the URL.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > My questions:
>> > > > > - is this a valid solution?
>> > > > > - is there an 'easier' way to get a single dynamic mirror URL?
>> > > > > - what did I miss, what did I forget to ask?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Thank you very much for your assistance and patience,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > EdB
>> > > > >
>> > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/release-download-pages.html
>> > > > > </message>
>> > > > >
>> > > > > EdB
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