strong disapproval from the mirrors on running CGI programs

[Brian Behlendorf <br...@organic.com>]

I've detected strong (well, sufficient) disapproval from mirror sites
regarding the mirroring and local execution of CGI programs that we
should reconsider this approach.  

One option:

a) make the long list of mirrors a static HTML document, though
created from a tab-delimited database since it's easier to maintain.

b) make the "download" link go to /dist locally; a HEADER in that
directory will have something like

  If you are having delays in accessing this distribution, <A
  HREF="http://cgi.apache.org/mirror.cgi">go here to find a better-
  connected mirror.</A>.

mirror.cgi can do the guessing regarding closest mirror, etc.

I can make these changes and set up the "cgi.apache.org" vhost today.

	Brian

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