The latest news about MirrorBrain.
Here's 2.18.0, nearly two years after the last release. Well, with MirrorBrain running solidly here and there, what much should there be to do? Yes, one must prevent "bitrotting", make sure that building on today's platforms works, and there were also quite some accumulated bug reports and even a few patches. So here we go! Foremostly, an annoying bug was fixed that hit new installs…
I nearly missed this one! Since quite a while now, `VLC`__ downloads are handled via MirrorBrain. That's great news! The VLC folks describe `here`__ how they used Sourceforge for a certain time, and then rethought their mirror infrastructure to use MirrorBrain. __ http://www.videolan.org/ __ http://blog.l0cal.com/2013/05/02/rethinking-the-vlc-mirrors-infrastructure/
mod_asn version 1.6 has been released, and it's now compatible to Apache 2.4. In addition, the ``asn_get_routeviews`` script got new features as well as a bugfix. Please read the `Release Notes`__ for details. __ http://mirrorbrain.org/mod_asn/docs/changes/#release-1-6-r100-jan-7-2014
I am very happy to update the `users`__ page with links to further people using MirrorBrain. The list is now decorated with Antergos, Kiwix, the Qt Project and GNOME! Wow. __ /users
The 2.17.0 release brings exciting new features – and some small bug fixes. New is that IPv6 geolocation for IPv6 clients is now enabled. (This requires recent versions of GeoIP (1.4.8) and mod_geoip (1.2.7).) Furthermore, MirrorBrain responses now include HTTP headers containing cryptohashes, according to :rfc:`3230`/:rfc:`5843` HTTP Instance Digests. In addition, :rfc:`6249` (Metalink/HTTP:…
Tom Albers, sysadmin for the `KDE`__ Community, announced the `use of MirrorBrain for their extensive mirror network`__. `Further details`__. Welcome on board! __ http://www.kde.org/ __ http://dot.kde.org/2012/03/26/kde-enhances-mirroring-network __ http://www.omat.nl/2012/03/24/revamp-download-kde-org-completed/
The 2.16.1 release fixes a few bugs, and includes just two little new features. Please refer to the `2.16.1 release notes`_ for details. Packaged binaries are built and ready for upgrading. You will find them on the `download page`_, as usual. Please consider a `donation`_. Thank you for your support! .. _`2.16.1 release notes`: http://mirrorbrain.org/docs/changes/#release-2-16-1-r8261-mar-25-2012…
The 2.16.0 release sums up small fixes that piled up slowly, over a good year. Also, URL signing (introduced in 2.14.0) is now considered stable. See `Configuring URL signatures`_ for more information on this interesting way to restrict downloads with temporary URLs. The following bugs were fixed: * The server could crash if there was configuration for fallback mirrors in place and acquisition of…
Here comes MirrorBrain 2.15.0! Enjoy * support for generating Yum-style mirror lists, * scanning Nginx directory listings, * bugfixes and improvements in the scanner, and * extensive directions on tuning PostgreSQL for MirrorBrain. Please refer to the `2.15.0 release notes`_ for more details! Packaged binaries are built and ready for upgrading. You will find them on the `download page`_, as usual.…
MirrorBrain 2.14.0 is out. It comes with several new features and bug fixes. A short summary follows below — please refer to the `2.14.0 release notes`_ for more details! * MirrorBrain can now use geographical distance as additional criterion in mirror selection. * Per-file mirror lists visualize the closest mirrors via Google Maps. `Example.`_ * Running behind a load balancer or other reverse…