Re: Web site

Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 03:59:33AM -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Gavin Sherry wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > It occurs to me that opening web page on www.postgresql.org, asking
the
> > > user to select the mirror, is rather unprofessional. I am sure this
has
> > > been discussed before but I thought I would bring it up again anyway.
> >
> > Your point?
> >
> > > So, why not just redirect people to one of the mirrors listed? This
could
> > > be done based on IP (yes it is inaccurate but it is close enough and
has
> > > the same net effect: pushing people off the main web server) or it
could
> > > be done by simply redirecting to a random mirror.
> >
> > Been there, done that, didn't work.  Too much of a job to keep track of
> > that many IP blocks too.
>
>
> I'd suggest setting a cookie, so I only see the 'pick a mirror' the
> first time. And provide a link to 'pick a different mirror' that resets
> or ignores the cookie.

If I had a vote, I would vote +1 for this option. I think it's easy to
implement and shouldn't have negative effects on performance.

Regards,
Michael Paesold