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Request change to ptreleases.cgi
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Date:
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Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:46:10 GMT
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I have a request for a change to be made to the ptreleases.cgi script that keeps
track of all parts updates. Unfortunately, if anyone has actually implemented
support for automatic updates using this script, my suggested change might not
be possible. However, I am unaware of any programs that do this. For
reference, the CGI script is here:
http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptreleases.cgi
My request is that file sizes be added for each entry. I'm in the process of
adding support for automated library updates to LDView, I came to the conclusion
that knowing the file sizes would make it easier to decide whether to download
multiple update files or just the complete file. The only other alternative I
can think of is to fetch all the file headers from the ldraw.org web server to
determine the file sizes, and then decide whether the complete package is
smaller than the sum of all required update packages.
The sizes could either be added immediately following each filename (after a
tab, of course), or they could be appended to the end of each line (with tab
separators). Appending them to the end of each line has the advantage that any
existing programs might still work without knowing about the change.
(Unfortunately, they also might not.)
I'm looking for comments on this both from program authors and whoever maintains
the script.
--Travis Cobbs
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Request change to ptreleases.cgi
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| (...) I always thought it should emit XML, which would make it really easy to add more info (like what you're suggesting) without affecting backwards compatibility. Maybe it's not too late to do that. From looking at the logs from the last few days, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Request change to ptreleases.cgi
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| Hey all (interested parties), Please take a look at (URL) let me know what you think. This is a temporary script and URL. Please don't think this is the final configuration. I'm working on a (more) final version, hopefully it will be ready before (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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