On 1/19/13, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 January 2013 22:20, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 17 January 2013 22:14,  <commits at source.squeak.org> wrote:
>>> Frank Shearar uploaded a new version of Installer-Core to project The
>>> Inbox:
>>> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/Installer-Core-fbs.361.mcz
>>>
>>> ==================== Summary ====================
>>>
>>> Name: Installer-Core-fbs.361
>>> Author: fbs
>>> Time: 17 January 2013, 10:14:55.106 pm
>>> UUID: 6b44c4f2-631a-46e9-82a1-29df951936b9
>>> Ancestors: Installer-Core-bp.360
>>>
>>> #3 of 3 letting "Installer ss install: 'Foo'" use the local cache
>>> repository if possible.
>>>
>>> If you run "Installer ss3 install: 'CoolWidget-xyz.1.mcz', load it from
>>> the cache repository if possible. Otherwise, use the canonical
>>> repository.
>>>
>>> This lets you still use SqueakMap Installer scripts even when you're not
>>> connected to the Internet.
>>>
>>> =============== Diff against Installer-Core-bp.360 ===============
>>
>> Ultimately I'd like to see "this package is made up of these parts"
>> and "this package's parts can be found at these locations" to be
>> completely separated.
>>
>> Providing a canonical location is great, but there are many situations
>> where being able to specify the location of the parts is extremely
>> useful. Not having an internet connection, for instance, or someone
>> using a cache on the LAN.
>>
>> This change makes a tiny step in that direction by permitting the
>> loading of fully specified Monticello artifacts to use the local cache
>> in preference to always downloading things.
>>
>> (One nit: you can already say "install: 'Foo-fbs.1" which does not do
>> what you might think: it will load the most recent version whose
>> prefix matches - "Foo-fbs.19.mcz", say. If you want a particular
>> version, you MUST give the ".mcz" suffix. This change does not alter
>> this behaviour: it will simply try load the latest match from the
>> union of local and remote versions.)
>
> I think the idea can be generalised slightly. As an example:
> SqueakSource is vital to our community. It is also rather unreliable.
> There's a Latin American mirror. Wouldn't it be nice if "Installer ss
> install: 'Foo'" meant "try install from SqueakSource and, if you
> can't, try the LatAm mirror instead.".
>
> So while you look at this and hopefully think it's not too rubbish,
> I'll go off and think about an InstallerWithFailover.

I think this is a necessity in case the LatAm mirror is really
maintained, i.e. if it mirrors once a day.

Who is responsible for it?

--Hannes

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