tex-live Digest, Vol 196, Issue 2

[Paul Gaborit]

Le 01/05/2019 à 23:36, tex-live-request at tug.org a écrit :
> That's the other big issue:  Geolocation ...
> 
>   CTAN's mirror redirector software was written ages ago, by an
>   author who is now long dead.  It is based on an outdated database
>   format (for the geoip data) and does not support IPv6.
>   In short:  Most probably a complete rewrite would be needed —
>   but by whom?
> 
>   So if anyone feels they would have time and knowledge enough
>   to write a new redirector to be integrated into our website,
>   _please_  get in touch with ctan at ctan.org.
>   Many thanks in advance!
> 
>     All the best,
>        Petra  (from the CTAN team)

Just a suggestion:

    <https://github.com/etix/mirrorbits>


Sincerely,
-- 
     Paul Gaborit