[JDEV] autoupdate

[Richard Dobson]

Then maybe what should be done is defining an informational standard 
for doing it so people starting out dont have to work it out themselves 
and have something to start from.

Richard

On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 06:36  pm, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

> I second the motion.
>
> Peter
>
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> Peter Saint-Andre
> Jabber Software Foundation
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>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Thomas Muldowney wrote:
>
>> The only reason I can remember was to have on central place to look 
>> at,
>> but we quickly learned what a mess that is.  I would say I'm in favor 
>> of
>> people dealing with it themselves.
>>
>> --temas
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 01:00:24PM -0600, Joe Hildebrand wrote:
>>> In Exodus, we've implemented both the (relatively lightly documented)
>>> current way, as well as a simple HTTP HEAD.  The HEAD approach seems 
>>> to work
>>> pretty well... Can someone remind me of the reasons why the more 
>>> complex
>>> protocol is necessary, since autoupdate is so similar to the HTTP 
>>> caching
>>> problem?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Joe Hildebrand
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Peter Saint-Andre [mailto:stpeter at jabber.org]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 11:09 PM
>>>> To: jdev at jabber.org
>>>> Subject: [JDEV] autoupdate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Actually I was just about to ask someone for a JEP on that --
>>>> we need a
>>>> real solution to the software update problem, not the current hacks.
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
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>>>> Peter Saint-Andre
>>>> Jabber Software Foundation
>>>> http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.php
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 michael at aurora.gen.nz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> And no - we have no way to make the fix a mandatory
>>>> release.  Are you
>>>>>> offering to fix update.yabber.org so that it actually works?
>>>>>
>>>>> Opps, make that update.jabber.org that is broken...
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael.
>>>>
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