Thanks for the update Ron. I confirm the auto updater is slower compared to a direct download from the downloads page. I'll file a bug so as we investigate further.
Best, Panos On Sat, Apr 7, 2018, 04:12 Ron Metzker <rmetz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Panos, > > I updated my two Macs today with LiveCode 9.0.0. Unfortunately I also had > a very slow download on both. I have a very fast internet connection. I > dowloaded them from within LiveCode by doing an update. > > After I had downloaded them, I tried to see what the problem was. I did a > test on my internet. It was at the correct speed in the test. So I went to > the LiveCode download page and downloaded both the Indy and the Business > dmg from the site at the same time. It took only a couple of minutes. So > the slowness of the download appears to caused by using the LiveCode > download stack. It was probably 20 to 30 times slower than using the > download page. > > Best Regards, > Ron > > > On Apr 4, 2018, at 10:51 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > @Peter > > One more thing to try before filing a bug report: > > > > 1. Clear Prefs again > > 2. Open LC, you should see the revFileAssociation dialog ("LiveCode files > > are not currently associated with this version. Would you like to make > this > > association?") > > 3. Choose "Yes" > > > > Does the splash screen close after that? > > > > BTW if you want to close this stack manually, you can try that: > > > > - type in the msg box "close the mousestack" but do NOT press Enter > > - place the cursor on the splash stack > > - press enter > > > > I am wondering if an error occurs on startup, so LC stops execution, and > > the line of code in the IDE startup scripts that closes this stack is > never > > reached. > > > > @Richard > > Thanks for the update, I'll pass it to the team. I know we had at least > > another 3 users in your area that suffered from very slow download > speeds. > > Network issues are hard to diagnose :) > > > > Best, > > Panos > > -- > > > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 6:35 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> @Peter Bogdanoff bogdanoff: > >>> Yesterday it took me 3-4 hours to download LC 9. I’m in California. > >> > >> Good to know I'm not the only one. Thanks. > >> > >> > >> @Panos: > >>> Do you still experience slow download speed? I had no problem > >>> yesterday from my home internet connection > >> > >> Thanks for asking. Yes, and it's been the darndest thing. Not even my > ISP > >> could explain it. It's been this way for more than a week, and persists > >> this morning, even across multiple computers. > >> > >> I was able to find a workaround that demonstrates that it's not the > >> livecode.com server per se: I shelled into one of my VPSes in New > Jersey > >> and used wget to download the builds I needed - each took less than a > >> minute there. Then I copied them to my web folder, and on my local > machine > >> downloaded from that VPS - at normal speed. > >> > >> So to summarize what I've learned thus far: > >> > >> - It's not my computer: all computers here show this slow download > >> > >> - It's not your server: I can download from it to another computer > >> in a different geographic region with no delay. > >> > >> - It's not my local network setup: Peter has the same issue, and > >> downloading from my VPS is speedy. > >> > >> Given all this, my wild guess would be that this is something related to > >> the CDN you're using (Cloudflare?), affecting only southern California, > or > >> maybe even more limited than that since Peter and I are less than about > 20 > >> miles from one another. > >> > >> While Cloudflare's status page shows the Los Angeles area to be > >> "Operational", a quick search at Google turned up a few discussions > about > >> issues in my area, the most recent I stumbled across being just 22 hours > >> ago. > >> > >> The bigger mystery is that this has persisted as long as it has. Most > >> CDNs are super on top of things, and a multi-day issue is rare. > >> > >> At least I have a workaround for now, and if I learn anything more I'll > >> pass it along. In the meantime, if you hear of anything with your CDN > it > >> may be helpful to share. > >> > >> -- > >> Richard Gaskin > >> Fourth World Systems > >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > >> ____________________________________________________________________ > >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode