On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Peter von Kaehne <ref...@gmx.net> wrote: > I think Troy, the concern is correct. > > For the publisher with some decent IT muscle and budget a proper repo must be > better, but for the small town church with a website and a couple of modules > to share - zip and http is a must. > > Having a multiplicity of methods of getting modules into the system would > certainly be easier. > > My preference: > > 1) keep current methods - it is best for huge numbers of modules and it is > probably also best for anyone with enough money to have a fixed ip and a > server, able to run anonymous ftp
While I very strongly agree that FTP should not be held up as the best solution for everyone (I have worked with and for several organizations who flat out refused to ever allow FTP of any type to be a part of their systems and who primarily ran IIS for their web content), I'm not sure the argument from excessive cost is accurate. Annual DNS leasing from my provider is less than $40/year (I want to say it's only about $17, but I might be remembering incorrectly) Dedicated VPS hosting with dedicated IP address, about 20 GB of drive space and full root access to my system is $19.95/mo. If $23 per month is excessive for anyone who really intends to distribute modules, they can almost certainly find someone else in the SWORD community who will be willing to host it for them at very little to no cost. Additionally I can host any low-volume traffic I want from home by registering with a place like dyndns.com and setting up a server on any connection that is moderately reliable (my home). The option is not viable for people in developing countries but is certainly more than viable for any first world country I'm aware of. --Greg _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page