planet proxy/mirror ==> Re: [plt-dev] Fwd: [plt-scheme] Download links in PLaneT

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Carl Eastlund <carl.eastlund at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Why would you need to try all version numbers?  The requirement is a
> minimum.  Just use the highest available version number, and all
> packages should be available.  As a starting point, you could just use
> the version number from the proxy server itself; the only packages
> this will miss are those too new to install on the server's platform.
>
>
Great point!  When I said trying all the version numbers, it was a
worst-case scenario in my mind and I was hoping to come up with a better
algorithm than that once I get started.  Thanks for the tip!

I believe there are packages out there that are only downloadable for 3xx
version (I seem to recall a 2xx package last time I looked at it it but not
sure) - I assume in such case 399 and 299 would be the highest version
number for those branches?

In such case it might take up to 3 tries but the brute force approach now
sounds more reasonable than my worst case scenario.

Thanks,
yc
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