Re: sponsor logo on home of CPAN mirror
[email protected] (Elaine Ashton) Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:58:37 +0200
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--Apple-Mail=_D08271C5-EF82-43D3-A1BB-196FD479D94B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Dec 31, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Henk P. Penning <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > 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. >=20 > I can find only one site that adds a logo ; and it gets it wrong : >=20 > http://mirror.easyname.at/cpan/ >=20 > ... and then there is crap like : >=20 > 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 ??] > =E2=80=A6 Hi Henk, and HNY to you all. :) I agree about the index.html and, though there are some who fumble their = way through adding their =E2=80=98identity=E2=80=99 to their mirrors, = there have always been those so improving guidance may or may not make = much of an impact in preventing similar fumbling in the future=E2=80=A6tho= ugh I won=E2=80=99t discourage trying to improve the situation, however = futile it might be. >=20 > Well, the number of mirror sites has been dropping steadily, >=20 > http://mirrors.cpan.org/stats/hist/ >=20 > 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. I=E2=80=99m starting to feel like an old lady as, though I railed at the = first advertisers on the web over 30 years ago, knowing even then that = they would eventually pervade every website, I=E2=80=99d like to think = that some sites should remain above what may be viewed as the = inevitable, but which I continue to hope can remain ad-free without = going down what Robert referred to as =E2=80=98a slippery slope.=E2=80=99=20= The number of mirrors is less of a concern than the quality and duration = of service thereof. Perhaps a short google forms-ish survey could be = circulated to the mirrors to determine what is causing them to rethink = their mirroring service to CPAN? What about a Perl.org = <http://perl.org/> page featuring the logos of all the mirrors who wish = to be represented? Just an idea or two as, though I know I=E2=80=99m a = fossil at this point, I hope that the mirrors can remain as = indistinguishable from the master and without advertising as long as = possible. e. -- -=3D]) elaine ashton // [email protected] // HFB ([=3D- -=3D]) That's the difference between governments and ([=3D-=20 -=3D]) individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do. - Mark = Twain ([=3D-=20 --Apple-Mail=_D08271C5-EF82-43D3-A1BB-196FD479D94B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Dec 31, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Henk P. Penning <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:</div><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""> I = agree ; I just don't like the current rules, which suggest users<br = class=3D""> tamper with "/index.html". I want clean rules and a = clean method<br class=3D""> when dealing with (prospective) = mirrors.<br class=3D""><br class=3D""> I can find only one site = that adds a logo ; and it gets it wrong :<br class=3D""><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://mirror.easyname.at/cpan/" = class=3D"">http://mirror.easyname.at/cpan/</a><br class=3D""><br = class=3D""> ... and then there is crap like :<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""> <a = href=3D"http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/CPAN/" = class=3D"">http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/CPAN/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://mirrors.sohu.com/CPAN/" = class=3D"">http://mirrors.sohu.com/CPAN/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://mirror.netcologne.de/cpan/" = class=3D"">http://mirror.netcologne.de/cpan/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://cpan.mirror.euserv.net/" = class=3D"">http://cpan.mirror.euserv.net/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/CPAN/" = class=3D"">http://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/CPAN/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CPAN/" = class=3D"">http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CPAN/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://mirror.faraso.org/CPAN/" = class=3D"">http://mirror.faraso.org/CPAN/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://ftp.nluug.nl/languages/perl/CPAN/" = class=3D"">http://ftp.nluug.nl/languages/perl/CPAN/</a><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/" = class=3D"">http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/</a> [yellowbot ??]<br class=3D""> = =E2=80=A6</div></div></blockquote><div><br = class=3D""></div>Hi Henk, and HNY to you all. :)</div><div><br = class=3D""></div><div>I agree about the index.html and, though there are = some who fumble their way through adding their =E2=80=98identity=E2=80=99 = to their mirrors, there have always been those so improving guidance may = or may not make much of an impact in preventing similar fumbling in the = future=E2=80=A6though I won=E2=80=99t discourage trying to improve the = situation, however futile it might be.</div><div><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""> Well, the number of mirror sites has = been dropping steadily,<br class=3D""><br class=3D""> = <a href=3D"http://mirrors.cpan.org/stats/hist/" = class=3D"">http://mirrors.cpan.org/stats/hist/</a><br class=3D""><br = class=3D""> compensated by 36 metacpan mirrors (CDN). Universities = are<br class=3D""> giving up ; managers are cutting costs for = non-essential stuff.<br class=3D""> Perhaps a logo here and there = is enough to keep mirrors online.</div></div></blockquote><br = class=3D""></div><div>I=E2=80=99m starting to feel like an old lady as, = though I railed at the first advertisers on the web over 30 years ago, = knowing even then that they would eventually pervade every website, = I=E2=80=99d like to think that some sites should remain above what may = be viewed as the inevitable, but which I continue to hope can remain = ad-free without going down what Robert referred to as =E2=80=98a = slippery slope.=E2=80=99 </div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>The = number of mirrors is less of a concern than the quality and duration of = service thereof. Perhaps a short google forms-ish survey could be = circulated to the mirrors to determine what is causing them to rethink = their mirroring service to CPAN? What about a <a href=3D"http://Perl.org" = class=3D"">Perl.org</a> page featuring the logos of all the mirrors = who wish to be represented? Just an idea or two as, though I know I=E2=80=99= m a fossil at this point, I hope that the mirrors can remain as = indistinguishable from the master and without advertising as long as = possible.</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>e.</div><div class=3D""> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">--</div><div = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D""><div apple-content-edited=3D"true" class=3D""> = -=3D]) elaine ashton // <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a> // HFB = ([=3D-<br class=3D""> -=3D]) That's= the difference between governments and ([=3D- </div><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true" class=3D""> -=3D]) individuals. = Governments don't care, individuals do. - Mark Twain = ([=3D- </div></div> </div> <br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D08271C5-EF82-43D3-A1BB-196FD479D94B--