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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

As long as it doesn't break the current github plugin behavior, then
that's fine.  Otherwise it needs to be a separate plugin.

On 2/22/2017 4:46 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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