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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
	Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: main url for linking to git source?
Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 12:26:30 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqvabyn7yx.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180508024658.GA4204@puremoods> (Konstantin Ryabitsev's message of "Mon, 7 May 2018 22:46:58 -0400")

Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> writes:

> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 01:51:30AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
>>
>> I think I would also prefer a list of available repositories over a
>> hard-coded choice.  It may be that some places (say, Australia) have
>> better bandwidth to one over the other, and users will be able to have a
>> better experience with certain mirrors.
>> 
>> While I'm sympathetic to the idea of referring to kernel.org because
>> it's open-source and non-profit, users outside of North America are
>> likely to have a less stellar experience with its mirrors, since they're
>> all in North America.
>
> I'm a bit worried that I'll come across as some kind of annoying pedant,
> but git.kernel.org is actually 6 different systems available in US,
> Europe, Hong Kong, and Australia. :)
>
> We use geodns to map users to the nearest server (I know, GeoDNS is not
> the best, but it's what we have for free).

Thanks for an update---it is nice to make those who are discussing
this topic to be aware of these facts.  Very much appreciated.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-08  3:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-07  6:37 main url for linking to git source? Jeff King
2018-05-07 11:38 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-05-07 14:20   ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2018-05-07 12:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-07 18:15 ` Stefan Beller
2018-05-08  1:51   ` brian m. carlson
2018-05-08  2:46     ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2018-05-08  3:26       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-05-08 12:55       ` brian m. carlson
2018-05-08  6:43   ` Kaartic Sivaraam

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