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@candle.pha.pa.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@rh72 DL]$ ncftp ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.3beta/
NcFTP 3.1.3 (Mar 27, 2002) by Mike Gleason (ncftp@ncftp.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-52002.   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