Peter, DM, Thanks for your response. I wasn't being critical and I agree. There are Pros and Cons either way (resource usage and download time being considerations) as you point out.
I also agree it's ultimately it's up to the repo administrator and the user, to decide for themselves what works best for them. I happen to like having the index included as part of the repo, because I'm not limited by resources, and I don't mind the wait. Regardless, it is still a matter of preference (based upon considerations, such as the ones you cite). ~A On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, DM Smith wrote: > > On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:02 AM, "Peter von Kaehne" > <ref...@gmx.net<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > >> Von: Andrew Thule <thules...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > > > >> The nice thing about when > >> repo administrators do this, is when you get a module from that repo, > you > >> also automatically get the lucene index. > > > > The reason that this is not done are manifold - including that sword and > jsword indices are different, that not all platforms have the same > lucene/clucene incarnation etc. > > > > Most users are better off not to use downloaded indices, but to create > indices suitable for their specific frontend. > > To add to what Peter said, this mailing list's archives have extensive > discussion on why we don't do this and why we have done it for mobile > devices (only PocketSword and AndBible, and specific to them only). > > Also, the transfer time for a lucene index exceeds the time of a recent > computer to build them, e.g. my laptop. As a Bible Desktop user, I'd really > rather not transfer an index that is unusable by Bible Desktop. > > In Him, > DM > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org <javascript:;> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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