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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: "Julian v. Bock" <julian AT openit.de>, eric AT schabell.com, sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?
- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 12:59:41 -0700
Ok, Eric or someone? Can you file a bug and assign it to me please?
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 01:46:19PM -0500, Ryan Abrams wrote:
> I have to agree with Julian on this.
>
> Simply adding something to the end of the loop in summon that says if all
> attempts fail, try again at
> http://download.sourcemage.org/mirror/$DISTRO_VERSION/$GRIMOIRE/$SPELL-$VERS
> ION.tar.bz2 or whatever is not difficult, and is more reliable for all
> spells.
>
> -Ryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian v. Bock" <julian AT openit.de>
> To: "Nick Jennings" <nkj AT namodn.com>
> Cc: "Ryan Abrams" <rabrams AT sourcemage.org>; <eric AT schabell.com>;
> <sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > >>>>> "NJ" == Nick Jennings <nkj AT namodn.com> writes:
> >
> > NJ> I think it would be better for the spells in the grimoire to
> > NJ> statically specify their mirror URL as a "last resort"
> > NJ> specifically because the coding of the logic into sorcery seems to
> > NJ> just increase the complexity and bloat of a simple cast.
> >
> > NJ> Fundamentally :why: should this be in sorcery? (Aside from the
> > NJ> fact that spell maintainers will have some work to do, which will
> > NJ> need to be done anyways for spell_triggers, as well as UID/GID
> > NJ> assignment).
> >
> > That is a damn good reason if you ask me.
> >
> > 1. looking for spell triggers or some uid/gid assignments is much
> > less work. Most spells don't need to be modified.
> >
> > 2. Why let maintainers change around 1500 spells for something that
> > are about one or two lines in summon??
> >
> > Julian
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Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?
, (continued)
- 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
- 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?, Julian v. Bock, 08/15/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Nick Jennings, 08/15/2002
- Re: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Ryan Abrams, 08/15/2002
- 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, 08/15/2002
- RE: [SM-Sorcery]Fall back for spells source url's?, Casey Harkins, 08/15/2002
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