Re: beta1 packaged

On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 03:14, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 0On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > > OK, so if base isn't compilable, then what is it good for? I don't see
> > > any add-on packages that would make it usable.
> >
> > AFAIR, the only reason for having the split packaging is to accommodate
> > people who are downloading across flaky connections --- less to retry if
> > your connection drops. You still have to download all the data if you
> > want to have a useful package, no?
>
> Correct ... even on high speed connections, I've had problems in the past
> getting large files to download, so it makes it easier if you only have to
> retry a part, instead of hte whole thing ...

Most modern ftp servers and clients support resuming aborted downloads,
no ?

[hannu(at)rh72 DL]$ ncftp ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.3beta/
NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason (ncftp(at)ncftp(dot)com).
Connecting to
64.49.215.8...
postgresql.org FTP server (lukemftpd 1.2 beta 1) ready.
Logging
in...
Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Logged in to
ftp.postgresql.org.
Current remote directory is /pub/source/v7.3beta.
ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta > get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz
postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: ETA: 0:03 0.63/ 1.02 MB 131.44 kB/s

*** NB! I pressed ^C here

select: Interrupted system call
postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: 0.72/ 1.02 MB 112.17 kB/s
get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: data transfer aborted by local user.
ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta > get postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz

The local file "postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz" already exists.
Local: 753768 bytes, dated Thu Sep 05 07:28:40 GMT-5 2002.
Remote: 1070154 bytes, dated Thu Sep 05 07:28:40 GMT-5 2002.

[O]verwrite? [R]esume? [A]ppend to? [S]kip? [N]ew Name?
[O!]verwrite all? [R!]esume all? [S!]kip all? [C]ancel > R
postgresql-test-7.3b1.tar.gz: 1.02 MB 112.59
kB/s
ncftp /pub/source/v7.3beta >

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Hannu