I haven't checked the servers in question, but unless they are returning etag or last-modified that we trust, we still need to fetch the whole file and then checksum it ?
Not that I understand why having lots of data means it needs anything as complicated as a AIR application... Tom On 25/07/14 15:04, Kessler CTR Mark J wrote: > The http request method "HEAD" should work. Standard ones you are used to > are "GET" and "POST". The HEAD method simply checks the header which can > tell it things like date modified and size. > > " This method can be used for obtaining metainformation about the entity > implied by the request without transferring the entity-body itself. This > method is often used for testing hypertext links for validity, accessibility, > and recent modification. " [1] Section 9.4 > > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html > > > -Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 9:52 AM > To: dev@flex.apache.org; Tom Chiverton > Subject: Re: [DRAFT 2] 4.13.0 Announcement > > Because it adds up to gigs of data. > Sent via the PANTECH Discover, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. > > Tom Chiverton <t...@extravision.com> wrote: > > > Why's this an AIR app ? > Surely a bit of bash that pulls the file once an hour, checks the size > and hash, and then runs the svn commands would be easier ? > > Tom > > On 25/07/14 08:06, Alex Harui wrote: >> Technically, we are good to go, but I've chickened out of pushing the >> announcement because I am trying to finish up an AIR app that will at >> least monitor the checksums, and maybe even auto-update the config.xml >> file. The worst case scenario is we announce, 500 folks start downloading >> and moments after the announce Adobe updates the playerglobal or AIR SDK >> and 500 folks fail to install while we are sleeping. But if folks think >> we should just announce then we can go for it. >> >> I've found out how browsers check the last modified time on things in the >> cache and am trying to get that to work from AIR. Then the next step >> would be to figure out how to auto-update the config.xml. Do you know if >> there is a way to automate the svnpubsub? >> >> >> -Alex >> >> On 7/24/14 12:25 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Alex, are we good to go? >>> >>> If there are no more changes to this draft, I will put out a blog post. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Om >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 7/22/14 12:59 AM, "Tom Chiverton" <t...@extravision.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Wil https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34405 be fixed by then ? >>>> No, it was reported after we voted to release. Since we got several >>>> months into 4.12.1 before it was reported, I don't see it as a reason >>>> not >>>> to release. Volunteers are welcome, of course, to fix the bug and push >>>> a >>>> 4.13.1 if they have the time and energy. >>>> >>>>> What about adl etc ending up in the wrong place sometimes ? That should >>>>> definitely be called out as a known issue ? >>>> AFAICT, it has been broken for a long time and only discovered recently, >>>> so again I wouldn't mess with the release notes and packaging to call it >>>> out. Not sure I want to mention known issues that have so far affected >>>> few people in the announcement: I would rather focus on positive >>>> messages. >>>> But if others agree with you I will add it. And again, volunteers are >>>> welcome to address this issue as well. >>>> >>>> -Alex >>>> >>>> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ >
