[sword-devel] Custom network timeouts [WAS: + Abort module installation via API]

[Tom Sullivan]

Y'all:

As one with poor internet service, I struggle with some sites that give 
up too soon. If the default timeouts are changed, please make the values 
available to the user and make them adjustable. Thanks.

Some people think only rich city folks exist.

Tom

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On 8/27/20 10:13 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> New InstallMgr::setTimoutMillis(long) method and also honor a new 
> parameter in InstallMgr.conf, e.g.,
> 
> [General]
> TimeoutMillis=10000
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion,
> 
> Troy
> 
> 
> On 8/8/20 9:30 AM, Tobias Klein wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a way to abort a module installation via the SWORD API?
>> I saw in InstallMgr::installModule that there is some handling for 
>> when the user aborted the process. But it doesn't seem like this is 
>> controlled via the API.
>>
>> One typical use case would be that the user's download speed is 
>> currently slower then acceptable (whether due to internet issues or 
>> server issues). In this case, instead of waiting "forever" one may 
>> want to abort a download/installation.
>>
>> Also, another question in the same context: Is it possible to 
>> configure a custom timeout for the download of modules? What happens 
>> if a repository server goes down? I remember one time when the Xiphos 
>> repo was not available, waiting times seemed to be too long in the 
>> frontend (based on long default timeouts in SWORD?).
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tobias
>>
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