Quoting Jonas Pasche <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Number 4, the mirror list will have locations, so we can flat list areas > > of the world and list mirrors that way. > > What does that mean for the published page? IMHO we should dynamically > provide a link to a near mirror, based on the IP of the user, and give > the option to list other mirrors. Alternatively, show the fedora.us > download URL, but let the link target be a page to select a mirror > instead of a direct link to the fedora.us download server. I could code something up in php which would check the user's IP, find it's theoretical country code, and try to match that to a mirror's country code. But what if there is no mirror in their country? How to we find a "close" or "closest" country? If a country has several mirrors, how do we know which is closest? If the closest isn't the fastest, they may want another anyway... Seems too much bother to me... I think a link to the entire list, organized by country, is fine. I don't think trying to match the user to the country will work well. > Any suggestions? > > I'd prefer a simple solution that can be used _anywhere_ on the site > whereever download links are needed. See above. I can start coding something up, but I don't think it will work well. Maybe we can create a flat list organized by country, with #name links to each country. Then we can try to find the user's country code, and if we can send them to the page with the #name link set to their country, so they see their country first. If we can't find their country, we just send them to the top of the list. Kind of a mix of the two ideas... > Fixed, but still not-so-easy to understand, I think. Maybe a small graph > can clarify this? If yes - volunteers? I'm not good at such things. I'll commit a slightly modified version of it, and then take comments on it. Ideas welcome still. > Jonas -- Eric Rostetter
