[sword-devel] SWORD 1.7 (proxy, zip cache)

[Greg Hellings]

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Troy A. Griffitts <scribe at crosswire.org> wrote:
> Any takers to implement these 2 items.
>
> To summarize an old and long discussion on this request, and what we agreed
> on...
>
> It is important to note exactly what this request entails and they are two
> very different requests.
>
> Adding proxy support to installmgr might be easy if all our transport class
> implementations support such.

Fairly sure the cURL layer supports it. I doubt ftplib does, though.
Would the requirement be to implement support for both the cURL and
ftplib cases? If just cURL is sufficient I would be willing to
research the implementation of it.

>
> Adding the ability to use a module cache of zip files does not add any new
> functionality for the user of the api or the end user of a frontend. It
> detrimentally adds possibility for out of sync data between actual module
> data and the .zip bundle, and is additional work for the remote repository
> maintainer. Our current implementation, which allows simply any installed
> module to be accessible as-is via installmgr, all network infrastructure
> being sound, is more beneficial to end users and module maintainers than
> this requested additional download option.

It seems implementing this in two parts would be best. 1) A feature in
the API where a user of the API can hand a file handle in and the API
will read the ZIP file and install it. 2) Detection and downloading of
a ZIP file from remote sources if available. I've heard some
discussion on the list of people desiring the ability to install from
a ZIP file a la the ones on the website. So long as this is being
implemented then why shouldn't it be implemented in such a way as to
provide both pieces of functionality together?

--Greg

>
> Having said this, I understand and sympathize with Nic's use case:
> PocketSword accommodating for poor mobile network infrastructures.
>
> We agreed to provide this functionality as module repository optional cache,
> similar to mods.d.tar.gz; everything works fine if not present; if the
> requested module has a .zip bundle cache object, then use it, otherwise
> download the individual files of the module, as we currently do.
>
> So, any takers?
>
> Troy
>
>
> --
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
> Stephan <info at tetzels.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> > - Install Manager can download ZIP files from repos via HTTP.
>> > - proxy support for the install manager, both FTP&  HTTP.
>>
>> > ZIP FILES OVER HTTP
>> > HTTP DOWNLOAD OF ZIPPED MODULES
>> > DOWNLOAD IN ZIP FORMAT VIA HTTP OF MODULES
>>
>> +10
>>
>> Stephan
>>
>> > On 22/04/2012, at 5:59 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have 2 weeks off back home in Phoenix at the beginning of May and
>> >> hope to push out a new release of SWORD.
>> >>
>> >> Can people speak up regarding any outstanding issues so I can start
>> >> planning.
>> >>
>> >> o	I know we are at an odd place with trunk osis2mod and current filter
>> >> sets.  Any update or news on that?
>> >>
>> >> o	This is the first thread which supports the new XHTML filters, though
>> >> they are mostly just a stub right now.  I think I converted
>> Words of Christ over to use a span and maybe a couple other tags, but they
>> were meant for the frontends who would like to use them to begin XHTML-izing
>> them.  Any frontend develops up for morphing these things into something
>> you'll commit to use and collaborate with the other frontend developers to
>> be sure they are happy with the results, as well?  Collaboration is
>> important on this one.
>> >>
>> >> o	We had a bug regarding size limits somewhere in the z drivers.  The
>> >> original author of these hasn't been around for a while.  I can look into
>> >> this, but I don't have much of an advantage over others on this one.  This
>> >> would be a good bug to track down if you'd like to start getting your feet
>> >> wet deep in internals of the engine code.
>> >>
>> >> o	We still have an outstanding bug report with TOP going to Malachi or
>> >> something like this in a certain Bible module (I'm old and have forgotten
>> >> the details on this one.  I think we talked about it in #sword.  I
>> couldn't find a message thread)
>> >>
>> >> I'll scan the bug tracker, so be sure every issue you know about is
>> >> entered there: http://crosswire.org/bugs
>> >>
>> >> But also be loud if you don't see your favorite bug fixed or talked
>> >> about.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any constructive help you can lend for this release!
>> >>
>> >> Troy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 04/21/2012 09:29 PM, Barry Drake wrote:
>> >>> I just discovered that Bibletime and Xiphos can't be installed
>> >>> together
>> >>> from the Ubuntu packages for 12.04 because of dependency conflicts. I
>> >>> used to like having both frontends available. I just wondered if folk
>> >>> were aware of the current situation and whether this will alter any
>> >>> time
>> >>>
>> soon?
>> >>>
>> >>> God bless, Barry.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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