Re: [Sks-devel] Idea: dump should create keycount.txt

[Joel Garske]

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Hello,

Am 07.11.12 02:36, schrieb Phil Pennock:
> What do folks think of the idea of having "sks dump" also create a
>  file called [prefix]keycount.txt ? 8< - snip - 8<

In regard to the latest peering request of Ronny Wagner and the recent
need of John to point out the "out-of-sync"-ness of some dump sites, I
think this is a really good idea. Its not very hard to find
keyserver-statistics for most of the dump site's keyservers, but when
hosted on a different machine, in a different domain etc, things get
more complicated.

If the file is generated at the successful completion of the dump, one
could assure (by checking if the mere existance of the file) that the
dump itself has finished. Timezones alone put the idea of "doing the
dump at night" beyond the limits of impossible. :)

Do you think, including accurate dump-time, keyserver the dump is from
etc. would be a good idea, too? I think it should be an option.

/Joel

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