Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:10:19 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: jdp@polstra.com Subject: Re: The recent thread... handling new releases Message-ID: <20030612221019.GA12301@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20030612211821.GQ21995@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <20030612180244.GG21995@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <p05210620bb0e7675d934@[128.113.24.47]> <20030612211821.GQ21995@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 05:18:21PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 02:59:55PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > > I have wondered if cvsup could be smart enough to download files > > under one name, and then afterwards (on a later run) know to just > > rename that file to the official name for a public release. > > This is an "I don't know but can look into it". Even if the answer is > "Yes" though, it might be more important to focus on what motivated > the question. Yes. Once you know what you want to achieve (and why) it's easier to come up with mechanisms that do it. > With some research > maybe a mechanism that accomplishes the goal can be found that would > work for more transfer mechanisms (not sure what right now, but playing > games with hard links type thing maybe). Maybe split the problem space into 2 parts: 1. The actual data and the mechanisms for distributing it. Typical characteristics here are bandwidth consumption, transport delays and disk space usage. 2. The meta-data that describes the data and controls access. Small pieces of information you can more easily distribute to all mirrors at once and can be used to set/change mods, rename/move files, locking/unlocking directories, checksums, download statistics and the likes. Just a brainwave. Use anyway you want... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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