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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+#  get_ubuntu_mirrors.py
+#
+#  Download the latest list with available mirrors from the Ubuntu
+#  wiki and extract the hosts from the raw page
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Free Software Foundation Europe
+#
+#  Author: Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor@ubuntu.com>
+# 
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 
+#  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+#  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+#  USA
+
+import urllib2
+import re
+import os
+import commands
+import sys
+
+# the list of official Ubuntu servers
+mirrors = []
+# path to the local mirror list
+list_path = "../data/templates/Ubuntu.mirrors"
+
+req = urllib2.Request("https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Archive?action=raw")
+
+try:
+    print "Downloading mirrors list from the Ubuntu wiki..."
+    uri=urllib2.urlopen(req)
+    p = re.compile('^.*((http|ftp):\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-.:\/_]+).*\n*$')
+    for line in uri.readlines():
+         if r"[[Anchor(dvd-images)]]" in line:
+             break
+         if "http://" in line or "ftp://" in line:
+             mirrors.append(p.sub(r"\1", line))
+    uri.close()
+except:
+    print "Failed to download or extract the mirrors list!"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+print "Writing local mirrors list: %s" % list_path
+list = open(list_path, "w")
+for mirror in mirrors:
+    list.write("%s\n" % mirror)
+list.close()
+print "Done."
+
+