Reliable SqueakMap Package Server/ SqueakMap package mirrors

goran.krampe at bluefish.se goran.krampe at bluefish.se
Wed Nov 5 15:21:14 UTC 2003


Torsten.Bergmann at phaidros.com wrote:
> Unfortunately the Server for the Celeste package is not responding today. I
> had the
> same problems with Zurgle last week. It's frustrating. I would like to build
> load scripts 
> building different (stable) squeak distributions from SqueakMap packages,
> similar to Linux distributions. These load scripts should be registered on 
> SqueakMap too (for easy access).
> 
> See http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3444 for an example.
> 
> Unfortunately that's not possible when most of the packages are not
> available.
> Looks like we need a reliable upload server for the main squeak packages
> or a mirror concept in SqueakMap to register more than one URL.

SM2 (upcoming) has this problem solved. Proper caching, both on server
and on client - so the original URLs don't need to be on line. And it
also includes an upload area.

> Bye
> Torsten

regards, Göran



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