[jsword-devel] Xiphos repo download config help

[Martin Denham]

I have only used JSword and am unaware of what is available in Sword but,
unless I have got the wrong idea about the master list, it is a list of
repositories rather than the ability to filter modules based on maturity.

On 11 February 2011 00:42, Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Are you aware of the repository master list in sword?
>
> Peter
> On 10/02/11 13:16, Martin Denham wrote:
> > From what you say it would be nice to be able to filter repository
> > modules according to how mature modules are e.g. untested, okay, robust.
> >
> > Occasionally I consider making a list of reliable modules that
> > transcends a particular repository.  For example it might possibly
> > include the modules in CrossWire repo, some from Beta and some from
> > Xiphos.  Alternatively modules could have a reliability ranking
> > associated with them e.g robust, okay, untested.  That way the
> > 'experimental' modules would not provide simple users with a bad
> > experience and the desirable and robust modules would be made available.
> >
> > In some ways apps already do this - And Bible needs to filter the
> > English Dictionary because it is too large for mobiles and causes errors
> > it also ignores Gen books because it doesn't support that format yet.  I
> > believe PS also does some filtering of modules.
> >
> > Regards
> > Martin
> >
> > On 4 February 2011 00:28, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org
> > <mailto:dmsmith at crosswire.org>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     On Feb 3, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Martin Denham wrote:
> >
> >     > Hi,
> >     >
> >     > I am not familiar with the different module download frameworks
> >     used but I was hoping to add the contents of Xiphos to the list of
> >     modules downloadable by And Bible.
> >     >
> >     > Can you see any issues with this?
> >     Yes. Last time I tried I found that the assumptions that JSword made
> >     about names being in all lower case, which is true in the CrossWire
> >     repositories, is not true in the Xiphos repository. I never brought
> >     it up to Karl because it was not a pressing issue.
> >
> >     Either Xiphos repository needs to change or JSword needs to
> accommodate.
> >
> >     It might work now. Haven't tested it for a while.
> >
> >
> >     >
> >     > Could somebody tell me what download parameters to use.  I have
> >     unsuccessfully tried entering values from the Module Repositories
> >     wiki page into Bible Desktop.
> >     >
> >     Host: ftp.xiphos.org <http://ftp.xiphos.org>
> >     Catalog Directory: /sword
> >     Zip Directory: /sword/zip
> >
> >     For others see: http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Module_Repositories
> >
> >     > Can I put those parameters into InstallManager.plugin?
> >
> >     I recommend: not until it works.
> >
> >
> >     >
> >     > I was planning to add Xiphos but seeing all the modules in
> >     CrossWire beta I am wondering if they are really beta i.e. unstable
> >     and whether to add them too.
> >     When I added beta to JSword the modules there were pretty good. Now
> >     many of them are experimental. If I had to do it over again, I
> >     wouldn't have added it.
> >
> >     >
> >     > Thanks
> >     > Martin
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