On 04/06/2013, at 7:20 AM, DM Smith <dmsm...@crosswire.org> wrote:
>> None of Troy's concerns are addressed,
>
> Troy merely listed a few things and said he didn't like each. He didn't say
> why so there was no opportunity for further discussion.
hehe – when the gatekeeper for an opensource project doesn't like an idea,
doesn't that mean you need to persuade that person that the ideas are likeable
and worthwhile? :)
>> If you feel that Scope should still be under consideration, I encourage you
>> to address Troy's objections.
>
> Answer to all objections: It can be handled automatically just like
> InstallSize. If it is there great. If not assume the entire v11n.
I love InstallSize as it means I simply need to download the mods.d.tar.gz file
and then I can know how big a module is before downloading it. As an end user,
this is convenient in seeing "oh, that module is actually 35MB and I'm only on
a 3G connection. I might download that later over WiFi!"... It is simply a
convenience method, but cannot be programmatically determined before
downloading the module unless we were to switch the the jsword method of
downloading modules in their ZIP format, where it would be a simple call to ask
how big that one file is before asking the user for confirmation of whether
they'd like to download the module. :)
So, I think "InstallSize" and "Scope" are rather different.
But I completely agree with what DM goes on to say, where we need to have the
implementation to then assess whether or not it is actually fast enough for
real world use, rather than discussing the theoretical. (which I may have
mentioned in another email recently?) :)
Thanks, ybic
nic... :)
ps: sorry for my sporadic emails, I currently only have specific times during
the week to work on CrossWire stuff. :)
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