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Re: Massive LDraw file repository
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:15:54 GMT
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> > > Using email for the transport here is just adding comlication - why
> > > not just have a web API that the remote repos use to notify of
> > > updates? Could be a fancy SOAP/REST interface, or a simple POST
> > > form.
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> > I find it easier to make a script dump an e-mail with some text in a
> > mailbox than to hack a HTTP POST form.
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> I think HTTP is more reliable in unknown environments... From the
> server side, the HTTP method might be more complex, but keeping the
> complexity on the server side is better than making complex clients.
I use HTTP POST to have my work computers talk to databases and it
seems very unreliable because if there is a network problem, the
request dies then and there. But if I use email, the server will
keep retrying.
But I agree, HTTP POST is easy if you use curl or wget.
However, why not support both?
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| (...) You can, of course, support both. The reason I say SMTP is less reliable on the client side is because you can't know if they even have an mail program, much less what it is or how it works. In an environment you're controlling (like work) (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I think HTTP is more reliable in unknown environments... From the server side, the HTTP method might be more complex, but keeping the complexity on the server side is better than making complex clients. (...) Right - the clients pushing data (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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