We had a GeoIP mirror in the past based on nginx and its GeoIP module,
but it didn't perform very well, due to the high latency (asking a
central server for the package and then redirected to the closest
mirror).

One of the reasons for offering this service, is so we can relieve
mirror.pkgbuild.com which is burning a ton of traffic (50TB/month),
likely due to it being the default mirror in our Docker image. Another
reason is so we can offer a link to our arch-boxes images in libosinfo
(used by gnome-boxes, virt-install and virt-manager), with good enough
performance for most users.

This time we take a different approach and use a DNS based solution,
which means the latency penalty is only paid once (the first DNS
request). The downside is that the mirrors must have a valid certificate
for the same domain name, which makes using third-party mirrors a
challenge. So for now, we are just using the sponsored mirorrs
controlled by the DevOps team.

Fix #101

With the PHP->Python port done[1][2], there isn't much need for aur-dev
anynmore. Most things can also be tested locally and aur-dev haven't got
any love since the port (ex: allowing the aurweb maintainers to deploy
without asking DevOps).

[1] https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2022-February/036786.html
[2] !525

https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2021-July/030471.html

Fix #86

Kristian Klausen authored 4 years ago and Jelle van der Waa committed 3 years ago

Fix #263

The file should not be on the main domain as it adds unnecessary
complexity to the archweb role and there is a bigger chance that we
unintentionally break connectivity checking (which has happened in the
past[1][2]).

This doesn't remove the file from the main domain[3], as we need to ship
a updated NetworkManager package first.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/keai0g/does_anyone_know_if_this_is_normal/
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/ke9ytm/network_manager_popup/
[3] http://www.archlinux.org/check_network_status.txt

Fix #239

This adds a collaborative markdown editor as newly offered service which
is available via login for all Arch Linux Staff with an option to allow
anonymous edits by users (not default). Users are managed via keycloak
and require the Staff role to be allowed in, non staff keycloak users
currently will receive an internal server error due to an upstream
issue.

Databases used by sogrep are fetched by syncrepo from gemini, no point
in duplicating this work; consider this to be part of roles/dbscripts.

Removed apollo and added the following servers: archlinux.org, mail.archlinux.org,
patchwork.archlinux.org, redirect.archlinux.org, security.archlinux.org and wiki.archlinux.org