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On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 11:57:03PM +0100, Andrey Utkin wrote: |
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> Since it is going to be opt-in and optional anyway, we seem to be fine with |
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> having just partial data. |
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> I assume we have logs of distfiles downloads from Gentoo infrastructure, and |
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> can negotiate access to relevant logs of our mirrors. That constitutes partial |
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> data correlated with users' installation activity, as good as it gets. |
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This assumption is wrong at the root. |
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> If we do have some such data, are we using it in any way for the discussed |
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> purposes? |
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> If we don't, but could get it, would we be able to use that data for these |
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> purposes? If no, why? |
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> If we can't get the data, why? |
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Simply put: Gentoo does not run the last-mile edge of distfile distribution. |
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$ dig @ns1.gentoo.org +noall +answer distfiles.gentoo.org IN A |
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distfiles.gentoo.org. 7200 IN A 64.50.233.100 |
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distfiles.gentoo.org. 7200 IN A 140.211.166.134 |
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distfiles.gentoo.org. 7200 IN A 64.50.236.52 |
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$ echo 140.211.166.134 64.50.233.100 64.50.236.52 |fmt -1 |xargs -n1 dig +short -x |
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ftp-osl.osuosl.org. |
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ftp-nyc.osuosl.org. |
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ftp-chi.osuosl.org. |
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And historically also TDS & another provider. |
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Plus all of the regional mirrors that don't even have .gentoo.org |
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hostnames. |
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I would like to replace the legacy http://distfiles.gentoo.org/ |
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functionality with a redirection service, at which point you could have |
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partial data, but it answers a very different question than Goose. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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