I think it's important to support the broadest possible mirror infrastructure. We underestimate how many naïve users we'll miss (me being one of them, potentially) if we limit adoption to higher-functioning mirrors. I'd like to avoid web-specific services, if possible.
-- Tom -----Original Message----- From: coapp-developers-bounces+hanrahat=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:coapp-developers-bounces+hanrahat=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Philip Allison Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 7:58 AM To: coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] [wishlist] [future] Non-webservice fallback for repository XML + mirror requirements Think also of the amount of mirror infrastructure that already exists in the form of big, dumb file servers. Regardless of whether or not they're running Windows, they won't want to mirror CoApp packages if that means setting up CoApp-specific web services. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
