On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> wrote: > pull it back on list), but while trying to follow this thread I'd been > assuming one of the XS functions is as an http proxy cache server (squid or > some such). This wouth then help reduce common internet traffic via caching; > one person downloads new version of TurtleArt, it's sitting in cache for the > rest of the class/school.
Oh, yes it does have an http proxy (and yours is a good question). However, think about an XS that has no internet connection or an incredibly bad internet connection. The regional "sysadmin" team will have made sure that the XS has all the relevant activities (supplied at install time, or or via a USB stick). Those activities are not in their "canonical place"... they actually are at http://schoolserver/activities/ So we have 2 options 1 - the activity updater on the client side tries http://schoolserver/activities *first* before trying other urls 2 - it goes directly to the "correct" url, and we hope that the XS knows all the relevant "correct" urls (activities have their "update url" in their metadata) If you count on activities coming from a limited number of sources, maybe the XS can know them all. But if we succeed and there are a million activity authors out there, the 'cheatsheet' approach breaks down. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
