Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 758039A6C for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:59:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 95800 invoked by uid 500); 6 Apr 2012 16:59:10 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 95729 invoked by uid 500); 6 Apr 2012 16:59:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 95720 invoked by uid 99); 6 Apr 2012 16:59:09 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:59:09 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-vx0-f175.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username robweir, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:59:09 +0000 Received: by vcbfl13 with SMTP id fl13so899940vcb.6 for ; Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:59:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.34.79 with SMTP id x15mr2463578vdi.0.1333731548505; Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:59:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.52.201 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:59:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:59:08 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Live testing of SF download mirrors From: Rob Weir To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > Please note: =C2=A0https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3D119194 > > I'm about to apply this patch. It will cause download requests to go > to the SourceForge mirrors instead of MirrorBrain. =C2=A0We want to confi= rm > that things are set up properly on the SF side, before we get the > deluge of downloads for AOO 3.4. > > So please respond to this post with any oddities you see or hear about > with users downloading OOo 3.3 releases over the next few days. > This is live now (in production). Two issues that I see so far: 1) The MirrorBrain downloads were redirecting the user to http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html, along with URL parameters that indicated the file that was downloaded. This is very useful for a couple of reasons: A) This is our best chance to make the user aware of the support options, the mailing lists, the install instructions, etc. It is our opportunity to "hook" them into getting more involved with the community and the ecosystem. B) The URL parameters give us information on what platforms and languages are downloaded most often. For example: http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html?download-mirrorbrain&fil= es/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_Win_86_install-wJRE_en-US.exe The current SourceForge download path does not do these things. I think this is important and needs to be addressed. Maybe something could be done by forming similar URL's and showing that page in an IFrame from the SF download page? 2) I have not done any timings, but the download speed seems slower, at least the time taken until the download is actually started. -Rob > -Rob