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Posted to general@xerces.apache.org by sh...@e-z.net on 2012/09/09 05:37:10 UTC
Xerces Download Page - Mirror Selection Issue
Hi,
I was trying to select a specific mirror that happens to be on the
same gigabit fiber regional backbone where I work.
Using the mirror selection box DOES NOT tell the webpage to use
the selected miror.
Activating the (CHANGE) button on the mirror selection appears
to invoke some RANDOM selection, not the one I am interested in selecting.
Sincerely,
Steven J. Hathaway
Xalan Documentation Project
Re: Xerces Download Page - Mirror Selection Issue
Posted by sh...@e-z.net.
Michael,
The following cgi works fine. I can select a specific mirror after being
offered the default.
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/{the_apache_distribution_path}
Xerces distributions from the XML project distribution mirrors
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/xerces-c
You can add the sub-directory paths as necessary.
Xerces distributions from the XERCES project distribution mirrors
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xerces/j
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xerces/c
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xerces/p
You can add the sub-directory paths as necessary.
Xalan distributions from the XALAN project distribution mirrors.
These are the links I am placing
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xalan/xalan-c
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xalan/xalan-j
See: http://people.apache.org/~shathaway/docs/xalan/xalan-c/download.html
---------------
The problem I experience with the current Xerces download webpage
appears to be an unwanted side-effect in the wrapper logic.
The above closer.cgi is not very elegant but does service my need.
Maybe the (CHANGE) selection on your wrapper can be fixed.
Note: Every time the Apache /closer.cgi/ is invoked, it recomputes
another recommended mirror.
Sincerely,
Steven J. Hathaway
Xalan Documentation Project
> Hi Steven,
>
> It's not just the Xerces download pages. Seeing the same thing for Forrest
> [1] and Batik [2]. Probably others have the same issue too.
>
> There's a common CGI script that is used for obtaining the mirrors.
> Perhaps the problem is with that script.
>
> Thanks.
>
> [1] http://forrest.apache.org/mirrors.cgi
> [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/download.cgi
>
> Michael Glavassevich
> XML Technologies and WAS Development
> IBM Toronto Lab
> E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
> E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org
>
> shathawa@e-z.net wrote on 08/09/2012 11:37:10 PM:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was trying to select a specific mirror that happens to be on the
>> same gigabit fiber regional backbone where I work.
>>
>> Using the mirror selection box DOES NOT tell the webpage to use
>> the selected miror.
>>
>> Activating the (CHANGE) button on the mirror selection appears
>> to invoke some RANDOM selection, not the one I am interested in
> selecting.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Steven J. Hathaway
>> Xalan Documentation Project
>
Re: Xerces Download Page - Mirror Selection Issue
Posted by Michael Glavassevich <mr...@ca.ibm.com>.
Hi Steven,
It's not just the Xerces download pages. Seeing the same thing for Forrest
[1] and Batik [2]. Probably others have the same issue too.
There's a common CGI script that is used for obtaining the mirrors.
Perhaps the problem is with that script.
Thanks.
[1] http://forrest.apache.org/mirrors.cgi
[2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/download.cgi
Michael Glavassevich
XML Technologies and WAS Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org
shathawa@e-z.net wrote on 08/09/2012 11:37:10 PM:
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to select a specific mirror that happens to be on the
> same gigabit fiber regional backbone where I work.
>
> Using the mirror selection box DOES NOT tell the webpage to use
> the selected miror.
>
> Activating the (CHANGE) button on the mirror selection appears
> to invoke some RANDOM selection, not the one I am interested in
selecting.
>
> Sincerely,
> Steven J. Hathaway
> Xalan Documentation Project