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[mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bah, I wish I could be there, but the schedule's too tight. Be sure to
send me the logs!

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Chris Oliver <excid3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've got some good stuff I've brewed up for this meeting. The download
> library is now fully awesome. I've got it working just like how APT works
> which is as follows:
> 1) Create an HTTP connection request for the file
> 2) Read the datums from it to determine the full content length of the file
> and the last time it was modified
> 3) Check our local file to see if it exists
>     - If it does we make sure the file sizes match, and make sure that the
> modification date is not older than the latest
>     - We resume the file if it is not finished, redownload the file if it is
> old
> 4) Download the file if we need to
> This creates (potentially) twice as many HTTP connections, but the first
> ones request a very small amount of bytes (just the headers) so it doesn't
> increase bandwidth usage much. It works just like how APT does, so that you
> get the "Hit" messages when the file doesn't need to be redownloaded so it's
> smart about it. Everything seems to be working properly, but I haven't been
> able to test much of the "outdated" files yet. That might have bugs, but
> what code do I write that doesn't have bugs anyways? :P
> See you at the meeting!
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 9:30 PM, mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I've been on the road for several days and have done almost no coding.
>> So, unless Chris has something going on, there shouldn't be much going
>> on at the meeting tomorrow night. But, of course, everyone's welcome
>> to hang out anyway.
>>
>> The place is #keryx (irc.freenode.net) and the time is 0000 UTC
>> (8:00PM Eastern, 7:00 Central).
>>
>> -mac
>>
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