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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?
- From: Nick Jennings <nkj AT namodn.com>
- To: Ryan Abrams <rabrams AT sourcemage.org>
- Cc: eric AT schabell.com, sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:12:56 -0700
Hi Ryan, I kinda don't getcha... Read below...
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 11:40:23AM -0500, Ryan Abrams wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> This is pretty easy to do on the server side.
>
> One thing that is important to consider is how to automate the pull. Some
> spells do not have sourcefiles available or ok to pull down. (j2sdk, for
> example) - How will a script be able to determine this? does this require a
> chance to the spell format, or an addition of a NOMIRROR type flag, or is it
> already in there?
>
> I have written a script to pull them before. Dufflebunk has also. I think
> towards the end we will just make a distro independant version of summon and
> use that (since it uses fuzzy downloads just like a spell will on the client
> side).
>
> Another thing I want to address is the length of time files are mirrored?
> How do we handle this? Do will only mirror files for the current stable
> release? Do we mirror files for current stable and previous stable? Do we
> mirror testing/devel?
Ideally we should mirror for all spells available, whether in stable, testing,
or devel. But thats really a space issue, do we have the space for it?
> The way I think would be best is this:
>
> Mirror them with a root of http://download.sourcemage.org/mirror/<version>/
>
> Then find the spell based on <grimoire>/<section>/file.extension
>
> The rules could be:
>
> For Stable
> -----
> Mirror stable for the current release, the previous release, and the final
> release of all series (i.e. the last 1.x, the last 2.x, the last 3.x, etc) -
> If multiple series are going at once (i.e. previous version minor updates,
> and a new version ramping up in transition), then we mirror the current and
> previous versions of all active series.
>
> When a mirror is removed, the filetree will be dumped to a file called
> "NOMIRROR" in the root of that mirror, and the files themselves will be
> removed. This will allow us to reference what /was/ there in case we ever
> need to try and rebuild one.
I'm confused here (and below) what you mean by 'series' and what the version
numbers are (1.x 2.x 3.x sorcery??).
>
> For Devel/Testing
> ----
> Mirror the current version of the file, and the previous version for 1
> month. This will require server side tracking and some scripting, but it can
> be done. I have a friend who likes perl. Maybe I will recruit him to write
> the server script for this, so we can focus on more important stuff.
>
> Alternatively, we could gather tons of funds, send ibiblio a terrabyte raid
> array (~15,000$?), and then just mirror every file for every version
> forever. But that may be a 2.0 idea. ;P
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Ryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Schabell" <eric AT schabell.com>
> To: <sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:16 AM
> Subject: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?
>
>
> > Howdy Sorcery Team,
> >
> > As we are going for a 1.0 release with tarballs on our server(s) for all
> > spells I would like to propose that we add something to sorcery for the
> > summoning of a spell:
> >
> > 1. try spell url's.
> > 2. if fails, pull from our servers.
> >
> > It would be less work than asking to add some last url in every spell I
> think.
> >
> > Thanks for you time!
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
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[SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Eric Schabell, 08/13/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Ryan Abrams, 08/13/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Andrew Stitt, 08/13/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Nick Jennings, 08/13/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Andrew Stitt, 08/13/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Ryan Abrams, 08/13/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Nick Jennings, 08/14/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Julian v. Bock, 08/14/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Nick Jennings, 08/14/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Ryan Abrams, 08/14/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Nick Jennings, 08/14/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Ryan Abrams, 08/14/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Jonathan Evraire, 08/14/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Ryan Abrams, 08/14/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Nick Jennings, 08/14/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Julian v. Bock, 08/14/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Nick Jennings, 08/14/2002
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?,
Ryan Abrams, 08/13/2002
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