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Date:      Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:05:01 +0100
From:      Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Klaus T. Aehlig" <aehlig@linta.de>
Cc:        Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] New ports idea: github / gitorious / bitbucket direct support.
Message-ID:  <20110910160501.GA80313@charon.picobyte.net>
In-Reply-To: <20110909153914.GA88239@kta1c10.sesnet.soton.ac.uk>
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On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 04:39:14PM +0100, Klaus T. Aehlig wrote:
> 
> > Until recently, github required two requests to get a tarball: one to
> > initiate the tarball creation, the other to download it.
> 
> Yes, that's what I remember. The URL you got after the first redirect
> was then good for a couple of days -- till eventually it wasn't used
> for long enough time and the initial request was necessary again to
> initiate tarball creation once again.
> 
> When did they change that? That's definitely good news.

The change occurred sometime in the last few months. This might be
related:

https://github.com/blog/900-nodeload2-downloads-reloaded

-- 
Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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