[Grub-dev] Url dispatching and failed upload

[Bartek Jasicki]

On 2009-01-11, at. 16:04:29
"chris hall" <followingthepath at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone, just a few quick questions and the like.
> 
> >From what I can tell the server dispatches workunits to clients, each
> clients get a unique workunit.
> If the upload fails, what happens to the work unit?
> Is it forgotten about?
> Or put back into the list to be given to another client?
> If it is forgotten about this could leave gaps in the data.
> 

On dispatch server, workunit is forgotten. This don't mean that urls
from this workunit disappear. They can be put to another workunit for
another client.

> 
> As I mentioned in my last post to this mail list, the cleanup process
> is ran even if the upload fails, I would like to add a feature to
> disable this cleanup action in cases such as the upload failing. I
> have no trouble coding this myself, but the question is, can I?
> and once that is done, how do I get the code into the repository?
> Do I pass it onto someone with SVN access?
> Or is this a bad idea?
> 

I think the best way will be if you send your code to Giorgos.
Eventually, my proposition - submit it by our issue tracker as a patch.

http://grub.org/?q=/project/issues

> Also my issue I mentioned earlier (code 401 upload failing)  just
> appeared on my Linux machine, the interesting thing being that it
> succeeded once, then failed once, and has now succeeded 4 or so times
> flawlessly. Maybe a timing issue? not sure.
> 

I was little explain how server validate .arc files and what can
produce problems in my earlier mail:
http://lists.wikia.com/pipermail/grub-dev/2009-January/000375.html
I hope this is answer on your questions.

Bartek

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