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josefnpat / vapor

Vapor - LÖVE Distribution Client
zlib License
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Consider mirroring all data onto bitbucket #68

Closed josefnpat closed 9 years ago

josefnpat commented 11 years ago

I know that we're using sha1 hashes, so the authenticity of the file isn't in question, but there is a question of whether the data will be available.

bitbucket's data policy describes "fair use"

https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=273877699

I could also consider hosting all the files myself.

qaisjp commented 11 years ago

easy if you just use the "git mirror" feature or something like that. but i really dont see the point, github all the way

Germanunkol commented 11 years ago

Are you talking about Vapor's data or the games' data?

I think a secondary mirror that's automatically created for each new entry would be good. Idea: when the games.json gets a new entry, some main server script automatically pulls a copy of it and the vapor client then gets an alternative download link from this - in case the original server hosting the game ever goes offline. Space should not be the issue here at this point - even if there'll be a few hundred games, this can still go into a normal webspace... maybe ask around on the forum, I'm sure there's someone around with 100 Gb to spare?

josefnpat commented 11 years ago

I'm talking about all of vapor's games' data.

But I do like the open source "Become a mirror" thing where server owners would be able to host the .love files, and users could select mirrors.

Might be nice to distribute an update.php that would sync the mirror with the games.json from this github repo.

josefnpat commented 11 years ago

@Spec0pAssassin hit me up on IRC, and he says he would be willing to offer a mirror!

Doing something like this would mean a full API change (0.2 anyone :) ), as the games.json file would have to shift from full URL links to base urls (trAInspotted4.love) and a official mirror index.

This also will cause issues with #7 as we were considering integrating more deeply with itch.io

It might be a great way to "distribute the load" though.

josefnpat commented 9 years ago

Everything has been mirrored onto a drupal instance.