Re: LaTeX/ConTeXt/metapost repository

[Marc van Dongen <dongen@cs.ucc.ie>]

Hans Hagen (pragma@wxs.nl) wrote:

: >I was thinking of distributed storage. People who want
: >to can store their stuff at their own site or at a friendly
: >site nearby. Updates will be much easier this way. Also the
: >problem of bandwidth will be less---should that become a
: >problem. The information about what can be found where
: >should be centralised. I think this will make it a lot
: >easier to maintain the repository by a ``responsible''
: >person.
: 
: The disadvantage of that is that url's are instable, but it can be a valid
: starting point 

Which is why we should devise a mechanism which
overcomes the problems related with that fact.
E.g. if a contributer decides he wants to move his
stuff to a different site, all he should have to do
is provide the URL of the new site.

Perhaps we should also store everything centralised
but make users aware of the fact that more up to
date material can be found at different sites. This
mechanism will also guarantee that submissions are
still around if contributors/urls ``get lots.''

Regards,

Marc