I was hoping that the mirroring requirements would be platform agnostic. I mean come on, downloading, uncompressing and parsing an XML file is hardly a big deal, especially in managed code.
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Nasser Dassi <nass...@inbox.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, IIRC, most non-Windows-based Web servicing platforms have > heftier system requirements (software packages, configs, etc) than a > .NET-based one (which is relatively out-of-the-box). > > We should establish the Repository Mirroring requirements. We should also > remember that our group objectives are bringing open-source to Windows... > and not necessarily keeping everything in the Linux portion of the world. > > - nasser > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Adam Baxter <volta...@voltagex.org>wrote: > >> Before running away with OData too much, consider the implications of >> requiring each mirror host to run web services. >> >> For the mirror hosts: >> Most Linux-based packaging systems allow mirroring of the *entire *package >> tree, and it's no more complex than running (r)sync between mirrors. >> >> >> For the users: >> Then (especially with signed packages) it doesn't matter *which server*the >> user wants to point their application at, you get the same packages, >> faster >> >> In some cases, especially in countries with metered connections (Australia >> et al), this will also allow users to point towards an ISP-supplied, * >> *unmetered** mirror. >> >> >> tl;dr >> Don't make it hard for me to become a CoApp repository mirror. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Ecoapp-developers> >> Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Ecoapp-developers> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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