[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail)

Thu Nov 4 00:41:11 CET 2010

Le mercredi 03 novembre 2010 à 19:47 +0100, Olivier Thauvin a écrit :
+> Hi,
+> 
+> I wrote an application to register mirrors which is currently here:
+> http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/mageia-mirrors/
+> 
+> I hadn't the time to really check mirror brain, I just had a quick look,
+> so don't ask.
+
+Have you check mirror manager
+( https://fedorahosted.org/mirrormanager/ ) :)
+
+> In all case the goal of my application is to allow everyone to register
+> a new mirror, and provide a list usuable by urpmi.
+> 
+> It is time to write the part of code responsible of the list build.
+> So come some questions.
+> 
+> First let me explain the current mandriva process:
+> 
+> 1) At time we have an /etc/product.id given by
+> mandriva-release-Free-2011.0-0.1mdv2011.0
+> On my system it contains:
+> vendor=Mandriva,distribution=Mandriva Linux,type=Basic,version=2011.0,branch=Devel,release=1,arch=x86_64,product=Free
+> 
+> 
+> 2) The base URL list is hardcoded in urpmi:
+> "https://api.mandriva.com/mirrors/$product_type.$product_version.$arch.list"
+> On my system the correct url is:
+> https://api.mandriva.com/mirrors/basic.cooker.x86_64.list
+> 
+> 3) The list look like:
+> continent=EU,zone=DE,country=Germany,latitude=51.97,longitude=7.63,version=2011.0,arch=x86_64,type=distrib,url=rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/mandrakelinux/devel/2011.0/x86_64
+> continent=EU,zone=DE,country=Germany,latitude=51.97,longitude=7.63,version=2011.0,arch=x86_64,type=updates,url=rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/mandrakelinux/devel/2011.0/x86_64
+
+I would add the AS number, as this would allow urpmi to take a mirror
+that is really near from a network point of view.
+
+> So, question and my own POV about this:
+> 1) /etc/product.id
+>   * I don't like this file, I think it is redundant with
+>     /etc/mandriva-release
+>   * Why "basic" and not "Free" since it is the "product" flag ? Dunno
+>   * Notice "cooker" does not appear in this file
+> 
+> 2) The url
+>   * I suggest to use http://mirror.mageia.org/api/, other proposal
+>     welcome (need some review with sys admin)
+>   * Obviously the valid list version is 'cooker' not 2011
+>   * it is harcoded in urpmi
+
+Could I suggest to not hardcode it anymore, and maybe place it in a file
+outside of urpmi ( so a distribution could override it more easily if
+needed ).
+
+> 3) The content
+>   * tags seems be optional
+>   * mirror point to 2011 not cooker (a symlink at time)
+
+Well, it depend if we want to let people go on cooker by default or not.
+
+
+>   * I can produce same output as I have same information
+>   * Do we need specific line for update since now distribution include
+>     everything
+>   * Do we keep this format ?
+
+The format seems fine for me.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+