Re: sponsor logo on home of CPAN mirror

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On Sun, 31 Dec 2017, Elaine Ashton wrote:

> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 12:12:06 +0100
> From: Elaine Ashton <[email protected]>
> To: Henk P. Penning <[email protected]>
> Cc: Elaine -HFB- Ashton <[email protected]>, Robert <[email protected]>,
>     Ask Bjørn Hansen <[email protected]>, cpan-workers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: sponsor logo on home of CPAN mirror

>  Ok ; here is the same thing with a /local/site.json file,
>  instead of a /local/site.js file :
> 
>    http://cpan.cs.uu.nl/ondex2.html

Hi Elaine,

> The entire point of a mirror is that it is an exact duplicate of all others
> and the master. 
> 
> Whilst I understand that there is a desire to acknowledge the generosity and
> resources borne by the host of each mirror, aside from the potential sec
> issues and it opening a door for other requests, it bothers me to think that
> the anonymity of the network over the decades now needs to be acknowledged
> by individual operators which, to my mind, opens the door for advertising,
> too. 

   I agree ; I just don't like the current rules, which suggest users
   tamper with "/index.html". I want clean rules and a clean method
   when dealing with (prospective) mirrors.

   I can find only one site that adds a logo ; and it gets it wrong :

     http://mirror.easyname.at/cpan/

   ... and then there is crap like :

     http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/CPAN/
     http://mirrors.sohu.com/CPAN/
     http://mirror.netcologne.de/cpan/
     http://cpan.mirror.euserv.net/
     http://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/CPAN/
     http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CPAN/
     http://mirror.faraso.org/CPAN/
     http://ftp.nluug.nl/languages/perl/CPAN/
     http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/ [yellowbot ??]
     ...

> I can’t imagine most mirrors are such a great burden on network resources as
> to be needing some kind of remuneration in the form of a logo or
> advertising. 

   Well, the number of mirror sites has been dropping steadily,

     http://mirrors.cpan.org/stats/hist/

   compensated by 36 metacpan mirrors (CDN). Universities are
   giving up ; managers are cutting costs for non-essential stuff.
   Perhaps a logo here and there is enough to keep mirrors online.

>             -=]) elaine ashton // [email protected] // HFB ([=-

   Regards,

   HPP

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