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.
Ross