Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

[Piotr Hosowicz]

Hello,

I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version 
appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears 
on the webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version 
has changed, despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the 
master server?

Cheers,

Piotr Hosowicz

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Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

[Jiri Kosina]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:

> I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version
> appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears on the
> webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version has changed,
> despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the master server?

I guess that simply running

	finger @kernel.org

will give you exactly the information you are looking for which much less 
pain of connecting to www server, parsing html, etc.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

[Arnd Hannemann]

Am 26.08.2010 15:37, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
>
>   
>> I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version
>> appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears on the
>> webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version has changed,
>> despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the master server?
>>     
> I guess that simply running
>
> 	finger @kernel.org
>
> will give you exactly the information you are looking for which much less 
> pain of connecting to www server, parsing html, etc.
>   

Not sure if this is still accurate:

> Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use *finger.kernel.org* for any sort of
> automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
> is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
> same information is available from
> http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
> <http://kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner>. 

Regards,
Arnd

Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

[Piotr Hosowicz]

On 26.08.2010 17:10, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
> Am 26.08.2010 15:37, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
>> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version
>>> appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears on the
>>> webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version has changed,
>>> despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the master server?
>>>
>> I guess that simply running
>>
>> 	finger @kernel.org
>>
>> will give you exactly the information you are looking for which much less
>> pain of connecting to www server, parsing html, etc.
>>
>
> Not sure if this is still accurate:
>
>> Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use *finger.kernel.org* for any sort of
>> automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
>> is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
>> same information is available from
>> http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
>> <http://kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner>.

Moreover it is written as the above.

Regards,

Piotr Hosowicz

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Re: Which kernel.org WWW is the master server?

[Randy Dunlap]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:20:13 +0200 Piotr Hosowicz wrote:

> On 26.08.2010 17:10, Arnd Hannemann wrote:
> > Am 26.08.2010 15:37, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
> >> On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I wrote a simple python script that tells me that a new kernel version
> >>> appeared. The problem is that it is based exactly on this what appears on the
> >>> webpage so sometimes it resolves the server IP that the version has changed,
> >>> despite the fact that it is not true. Which server is the master server?
> >>>
> >> I guess that simply running
> >>
> >> 	finger @kernel.org
> >>
> >> will give you exactly the information you are looking for which much less
> >> pain of connecting to www server, parsing html, etc.
> >>
> >
> > Not sure if this is still accurate:
> >
> >> Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use *finger.kernel.org* for any sort of
> >> automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
> >> is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
> >> same information is available from
> >> http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner
> >> <http://kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner>.
> 
> Moreover it is written as the above.

I have a script that reads finger_banner then adds mmotm & its base kernel tree,
& linux-next & its base kernel tree to the finger_banner.  (It was written
before finger_banner included linux-next info.)

Output today is:

The latest linux-next version of the Linux kernel is:         next-20100826
The latest snapshot 2.6 version of the Linux kernel is:       2.6.36-rc2-git4
The latest mainline 2.6 version of the Linux kernel is:       2.6.36-rc2
The latest stable 2.6.35 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.35.3  
The latest stable 2.6.34 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.34.5  
The latest stable 2.6.33 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.33.7  
The latest stable 2.6.32 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.32.20 
The latest stable 2.6.31 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.31.14 
The latest stable 2.6.27 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.27.52 
mmotm-2010-0811-1610 ... applies to: 2.6.35
next-20100826 ... applies to: v2.6.36-rc2


http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/kcurrent

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