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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

This is how I think it should work too. When I get some time I will look
into how the current github plugin works, perhaps it can be improved to
support this functionality.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 6:49 AM, Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2017-02-17 09:30 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>
>> On 2/16/2017 6:19 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>>
>>> iii) Excessive bandwidth - Each time a .pretty lib is loaded, it
>>> downloads a zip of the entire library? If we were making use of git
>>> functionality it would be simple to just update the library (and store a
>>> local cache) and thus only download the diff rather than re-download the
>>> entire thing.
>>>
>>
>> Once again, a git plugin solves this problem nicely.
>>
>
> Bandwidth can be saved by saving .pretty libs on the local hard drive
> instead of temporarily caching them. It also means ones that have been
> previously requested will be available even when the computer has no net
> access.
>
> When someone needs a .pretty lib you check if it is already on the local
> drive. If not, download it and save to the local drive. If the library is
> already on the local drive check the time and date of the remote copy. If
> the remote version is newer than the local copy download library and save
> it to the local HD.
>
> That's the simple way to reduce bandwidth requirements. The "download"
> portion of the process could involve using source code control to update
> the local copy instead of downloading the entire library.
>
> --
> Cheers!
>
> Kevin.
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