Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 16:11:11 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r366186 - in head/usr.sbin: bsdconfig/share/media bsdinstall/scripts Message-ID: <608E7E08-D8CB-460A-B632-77BB08A2F61D@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfqOu7h_pXM9vL1bxqTGQW2mpdzhH9yLYtqUXYXWQt%2BnGQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <202009261828.08QISIww055941@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <bb17a56a-934b-e456-3643-0dc218b7bbdc@freebsd.org> <CANCZdfqOu7h_pXM9vL1bxqTGQW2mpdzhH9yLYtqUXYXWQt%2BnGQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Sep 26, 2020, at 1:22 PM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > I am the wrong person to answer that question. >=20 > In this case, things have not become lame. For instance, the names=20 > ervers for se.freebsd.org work fine, but ftp3.se and ftp6.se records = are=20 > removed. Same for ru.freebsd.org and ftp4.ru. > I'm merely pointing out that changing ftp.CC.freebsd.org usually=20 > requires contacting the person(s) maintaining the CC.freebsd.org zone,=20= > which is usually not the project. >=20 > It's usually people associated with the project in some way, but who = might not be as responsive as cluster admin. These domains have been = delegated, so we have to get the delegated admin to make the changes, = which can take a bit of time to chase down and doesn't lend itself to = easy / automated coping with this situation. >=20 Just a spitball idea here, but maybe we should consider not embedding = these lists of mirror URLs into the binaries. It seems pretty = straight-forward that the list evolves over time, and that evolution is = not tightly coupled with the updating of the binaries. It sounds like = the pkg and freebsd-update infrastructure use DNS TXT and/or SRV records = to point to the metadata needed to construct a mirror URL list = dynamically. Maybe something similar can be done for bsdconfig? If = it=E2=80=99s not a crazy idea, is there anyone who would be interested = in helping me write a proposal over at arch@? Thanks, Scott
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