Clearly should be cc'd to some public list ... :) On 23 September 2010 15:14, Ben O'Steen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 14:00 +0100, Rufus Pollock wrote: > >> I also wonder why download links could not link direct to relevant >> backend download url rather than having to pull it through >> storage.ckan.net ... > > > One thing that I had to add to pairtree when I was using it directly for > web apps was the ability to get the direct file path to hand to pylon's > download convenience class. > > Would it make sense for OFS to include a method that returns a direct > URL for a given bucket/label? eg: > > ofs.get_url(bucket, label) --->
I think that would be useful, yes ... > pairtree backed ofs returns "file:///...." > > Amazon S3, etc ofs returns "http://..."; > > > Ben > > PS I've been musing whether or not a pairtree-via-FTP OFS backend would > be a useful. I think it might be, but would like to hear otherwise :) Couldn't this go through repod (the rest store webapp friedrich has built ...)? > PPS still having trouble getting a working python client for Riak - > there is something screwy with versions - anyone got a tried and tested > setup who can tell me the version numbers of client and server? Hmmm. I will take a look and see if I can get it working. I know i had problems once they upgraded to used protocol buffers. Rufus _______________________________________________ okfn-help mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-help
