On 04/09/12 21:35, Sieghard wrote: > I just wondered whether there could be any good reason to disallow access > to a directory's worth of files if it _is_ allowed to pull the files one by > one.
How do you pull a single file? If you can do that, then I guess there must be a way... I just don't know how. Then again, if you are worried about the size of the history, you can always tell git to clone a repository and only have one or two revisions as the history of each branch. This will make your download considerably smaller. eg: git clone --depth 2 <repository> > But does that make the slow 384Kb connection go away for the people that > were around you before you moved? Obviously not, but I do consider myself considerate. That is why I think Online only help like what was the case with the Lazarus project was rediculous. Before I didn't have 24/7 internet, and my internet was expensive. So if I wanted help on Lazarus IDE, I am still forced to use a web browser. That's why fpGUI uses INF help files. Offline help, and the download size is a fraction of the size of equivalent CHM or zipped HTML files. That's just part of the reason for using the INF format, but not the only reasons. That's also why I use Indexed PNG images, limited to a optimised 256 color palette, to reduce the image size considerable when I do email image attachments for a bug report etc. You can check any of my emails with image attachments. That's also why I ONLY send plain text emails and never HTML emails, which are easily 4-5 times bigger than the same email in plain text. > about their attitude. That's reckless at the very least, and ruthless in > many cases. Inconsiderate anyway. Yes indeed. Many people or companies are inconsiderate to those with slow or limited internet. Canonical's Ubuntu being one of those. A simple 'apt-get install <product>' always does a repository refresh before it installs the product. Those refreshes download 7-10MB easily. A nightmare for modem users. And South Africa still has lots of 56K modem internet users. Regards, - Graeme - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
