Derek Cicero wrote: > Al Hopper wrote: > > On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Roland Mainz wrote: > >> Roland Mainz wrote: > >>> "Jason J. W. Williams" wrote: [snip] > > Not that I can think of. Basically you're developing a helper script > > that makes is easier and more convenient to download SXCE. I see this > > as a win/win for all involved. The current SXCE download gyrations > > are impediments to progress and a barrier to wider adoption. > > That seems fine to me.
Umpf.. I tried it today and hit some larger problems which are only solveable with infinite time... ;-( > I have not heard back yet on why the change was made and if it's fixable. I think it's "fixable" since it was working with "wget" a while ago. It just seems someone redesigned the download area with too many browser features (e.g. HTTP Cookies, JavaScript and SSL) and as a result you need an up-to-date browser to download the ISO images. Even the "Jive" monstrosity doesn't make it _this_ difficult... ;-( IMO the following stuff may be nice if someone is going to redesign the download area: - Simple, IP-address-independent download URL (e.g. view the download URLs on one machine and let another machine download them (usefull for example if you are using headless machines for jumpstart&co.)) which is valid ~~48h (more than 48h may not make sense (except the public NFS thing below) since most DSL and ISDN connections are seperated by the providers after 24h anyway). For example you could place the downloads in a private directory and create hardlinks per download sessions (e.g. /home/sundownloads/sx/ce/b83/x86/sx_ce_b83_x86_full.iso gets hardlinked linked to /downloads/<userid>/<sessionid>/sx_ce_b83_x86_full.iso) - Allow browsers which do not support javascript or SSL to log-in and download the files - Download via FTP, HTTP and public NFS (in that priority order. The idea to use public NFS would allow people to mount the ISO directly and create jumpstart servers without downloading a copy of the ISO image first) - Allow HTTP clients like "wget" and provide download instructions how to use it to access the downloads - Please send the MD5 checksums for the ISO files with the annoucement emails. The idea is to seperate the downloaded files from the place where the checksums are stored (e.g. a hacker may be able to manipulate the ISOs but it is much more unlikely that the MD5 checksums in the mailman archive and everyone's InBox can be hacked/changed, too) ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;) _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
