Author: poeml Date: Sat Nov 6 04:52:11 2010 New Revision: 8208 URL: http://svn.mirrorbrain.org/viewvc/mirrorbrain?rev=8208&view=rev Log: - polish the release notes - add notes about the larger geolite dataset to various places Modified: trunk/docs/changes.rst trunk/docs/installation/debian.rst trunk/docs/installation/initial_config.rst Modified: trunk/docs/changes.rst URL: http://svn.mirrorbrain.org/viewvc/mirrorbrain/trunk/docs/changes.rst?rev=8208&r1=8207&r2=8208&view=diff ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/changes.rst (original) +++ trunk/docs/changes.rst Sat Nov 6 04:52:11 2010 _at_@ -20,27 +20,26 @@ could be selected otherwise. (Defining fallback mirrors for the latter countries worked before, and still has precedence.) - To take advantage of this feature, the free `GeoLite City - <http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity>`_ GeoIP database needs to be used. - See the `2.14.0 upgrade notes`_ for instructions. (This implements `issue - 34`_.) + This implements `issue 34`_. To take advantage of this feature, the free + `GeoLite City <http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity>`_ GeoIP database needs + to be used. See the `2.14.0 upgrade notes`_ for instructions. - Per-file mirror lists have been improved by showing data in a better readable way, and by embedding a link to a Google map showing the 9 closest mirrors. -- When running behind a proxy, prefix detection (for containment in network - prefixes of mirrors) did not work because mod_mirrorbrain only saw the - connecting IP address, and didn't look at an address passed via HTTP headers - from the proxy. This has been fixed. (AS, country and continent comparisons - already did this.) - -- An experimental feature for restricted downloads has been added, by +- When running behind a load balancer or other reverse proxy, prefix detection + (for containment in network prefixes of mirrors) did not work because + mod_mirrorbrain only saw the connecting IP address, and didn't look at an + address passed via HTTP headers from the proxy. This has been fixed. (AS, + country and continent comparisons already did this.) + +- Experimental support for restricted downloads has been implemented, by redirecting to temporary URLs whose validity need to be verified by the mirrors. See - http://www.mail-archive.com/mirrorbrain_at_mirrorbrain.org/msg00011.html - This a prototype implementation that might be changed later, hence the new - Apache config directive is called - ``MirrorBrainRedirectStampKey_EXPERIMENTAL`` at the moment. + http://www.mail-archive.com/mirrorbrain_at_mirrorbrain.org/msg00011.html This a + prototype implementation that might be changed later, hence the new Apache + config directive is called ``MirrorBrainRedirectStampKey_EXPERIMENTAL`` at + the moment. - The module did not work when access was restricted with authentication (e.g. Basic Authentication), due to a broken check which simply needed to be _at_@ -50,9 +49,7 @@ - MirrorBrain has been tested (successfully) against the latest :program:`zsync` release (0.6.2) and the documentation updated. -- An optimization in the :func:`find_lowest_rank` function, which is use to - fetch the prioritized mirror from an array, makes it return immediately when - the size of the array is 1. This might save some CPU cycles. +- Optimizations and code cleanup have been performed. Please read the `2.14.0 upgrade notes`_ before upgrading! Modified: trunk/docs/installation/debian.rst URL: http://svn.mirrorbrain.org/viewvc/mirrorbrain/trunk/docs/installation/debian.rst?rev=8208&r1=8207&r2=8208&view=diff ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/installation/debian.rst (original) +++ trunk/docs/installation/debian.rst Sat Nov 6 04:52:11 2010 _at_@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ Now, one (or more) of the files ending in ``.updated`` can be used with Apache. +The larger dataset (``GeoLiteCity.dat.updated``) is recommended. + Configure mod_dbd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Modified: trunk/docs/installation/initial_config.rst URL: http://svn.mirrorbrain.org/viewvc/mirrorbrain/trunk/docs/installation/initial_config.rst?rev=8208&r1=8207&r2=8208&view=diff ============================================================================== --- trunk/docs/installation/initial_config.rst (original) +++ trunk/docs/installation/initial_config.rst Sat Nov 6 04:52:11 2010 _at_@ -349,11 +349,18 @@ Configuring GeoIP ----------------- +.. note:: + It is better to use the larger `GeoLiteCity + <http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity>`_ database, instead of the minimal + GeoIP database that contains only country information. With the more + detailed info in the former database, a better mirror selection is achieved + in many cases. + Edit /etc/apache2/conf.d/mod_geoip.conf:: <IfModule mod_geoip.c> GeoIPEnable On - GeoIPDBFile /var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat + GeoIPDBFile /var/lib/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat.updated #GeoIPOutput [Notes|Env|All] GeoIPOutput Env </IfModule> _at_@ -365,7 +372,7 @@ <IfModule mod_geoip.c> GeoIPEnable On - GeoIPDBFile /var/lib/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat MMapCache + GeoIPDBFile /var/lib/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat.updated MMapCache GeoIPOutput Env </IfModule> _______________________________________________ mirrorbrain-commits mailing list Archive: http://mirrorbrain.org/archive/mirrorbrain-commits/ Note: To remove yourself from this list, send a mail with the content unsubscribe to the address mirrorbrain-commits-request_at_mirrorbrain.orgReceived on Sat Nov 06 2010 - 03:52:18 GMT
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