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Re: Planes for a new download-tool (2) (fwd)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 25 Jul 2000 18:54:46 GMT
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Rui Martins wrote in message ...
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Tim Courtney wrote:
> > > What about the other ideia of "on the fly" compression of the files to • be
> > > downloaded, or just getting a pre compressed file in place.
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> > That's a previous idea, for a separate system of parts-on-request
> > downloading (users requesting specific parts). This is concerning
> > downloading the libraries for current software offered.
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> There is no reason, at least from my point of view, to have 2 or more
> different systems to control downloading/updating of software/files, since
it >all boils down to files.
I really don't get what you're saying. One was a previous idea for parts,
which is what I told you. It was discussed, but I never told you in my
email that we were *going* to do it.
> We just need to supply a base URL for each module (either a software tool • or a
> parts library)
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> For example(hipotetically):
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> http:\\www.ldraw.org\downloads\Ldraw
> http:\\www.ML-CAD.org\download\ML-CAD
> http:\\www.LView.org\my\download\LView
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> etc... (warning: all the above URLs are fake, made up my me just now !)
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> The download/update tool would be given the base location, and the local • (in >one of our hardrives) location, and then would process the "difference"
> between the two, and allow the user to select from the "needs updating"
file >group, which ones to actually download.
So what are you proposing? Your explanations are rather confusing on what
you're getting to. Where I understand this being is Mike talking about an
MLCad download tool within his InstallShield program to install the
software. All it was going to do was download the current parts.
If this concept has expanded to an auto-download manager sort of utility
which links to the website, it was not made clear in anything I read. Is
this what you're referring to?
IMO, we don't need multiple domain names for this type of software. It all
works with the same file system and format, it would be 1) confusing to the
user and 2) an unnecessary duplication of efforts.
-Tim
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| (...) What I mean, and also what I tought others ment too, is that a download tool is usefull to download files (within a Directory and eventually under its subtree), if the files represent software programs or *.dat files or whatever, it should be (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Planes for a new download-tool (2) (fwd)
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| (...) There is no reason, at least from my point of view, to have 2 or more different systems to control downloading/updating of software/files, since it all boils down to files. We just need to supply a base URL for each module (either a software (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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