On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
> > Yes, I see that the html file I added with just " [preferred] " in it has > > been padded with the standard template html around it. > > I've added code to parse the HTML to my most recent patch. The 'single > word' HTML output is probably easier to parse than the 'raw' output of > "mirror.cgi", as the URL we're looking for is the only text inside of > a DIV with the id "content"... > The last patch I see is: InstallApacheFlex_Patch_FLEX-33149_FLEX-33150_2012-08-03.txt Is this the one you are talking about? I dint see any code for parsing the HTML in there. > Maybe we should ask infra politely if there is a solution that > prevents the 'frame' HTML from being automatically added, and if not, > we should think about if we want the GeoIP solution or the HTML > parsing solution. > Nick mentioned that he will work on it today. I will wait for a day or so before starting to bug infra. In my mind: Single-mirror-url solution > HTML parsing solution > GeoIP solution In my testing the GeoIP provider sometimes cannot resolve the country code and just fails. The HTML parsing solution, even though kludgy, will always work. > > EdB > > > > -- > Ix Multimedia Software > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > 3521 VB Utrecht > > T. 06-51952295 > I. www.ixsoftware.nl > > > > P.S. I would like everybody to know that as of this morning I broke my > personal record for days lived. >
