On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 09:09, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> Clarification from yesterday's teleconf -- OPD currently *does* have the
> capability to have multiple URI's for a single package (I forgot that I
> had originally written that in there :-).
>
> So it is possible to list multiple URI's where a package can be downloaded
> from in the XML for each package. When the package is selected, OPD will
> try each of the URI's in order) until it is able to download the package.
>
> Granted, it could have a little nicer interface (e.g., ask the user which
> URI to use), but the base functionality is there. Adding a menu on top of
> it would be pretty easy if someone wants to do it.
Actually, I would disagree with this to some extent. For simplicity's
sake, I don't think the user should have to know or care how things get
downloaded, just that it happens. This may mean trying several URI's
that don't work before getting to the one that does, but I think its
worth it. Perhaps we could remember which method worked last time and
try it first the next, or detect conditions that may tell us that, say
FTP is blocked so ignore it, or maybe just provide some options for
advanced users to disable methods that they know won't work, but by
default, we should just do everything we can to make it work.
Mike
> The relevant code is in scripts/opd:download_package(), if anyone wants to
> tackle this.
>
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