[wpkg-users] wpkg: proposed changes to <download> tag

[Falko Trojahn]

Am 14.10.2010 11:44, schrieb Kevin Keane:
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> I like these ideas. I would like to have another related enhancement:
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> Wpkg.js /download
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> Should only do a download but not install or remove anything.
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> Wpkg.js ... /nodownload
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> Should perform install operations but skip any download tags.
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> In order for this to make sense, your proposed changes would also be
> required.
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> Use case: the download could be done once on the server that wpkg runs
> off of and doesn't have to be done on each individual workstation.
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> Advantages:
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> -          Bandwidth saving
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> -          when using wpkg in a startup script, a download can eat
> dramatically into the startup script timeout.
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If the download will take place on the server, how should wpkg.js
distinguish if it should download it again when started on the client?
And, the target on server will be different from target on client ...

Best regards,
Falko

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