[Scummvm-devel] [Scummvm-cvs-logs] SF.net SVN: scummvm:[40038] web/trunk/downloads.php

[Max Horn]

Am 21.04.2009 um 14:26 schrieb Travis Howell:

> Max Horn wrote:
>> Am 21.04.2009 um 13:52 schrieb Travis Howell:
>>
>>> fingolfin at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>>>> Revision: 40038
>>>>         http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/scummvm/?rev=40038&view=rev
>>>> Author:   fingolfin
>>>> Date:     2009-04-21 10:55:42 +0000 (Tue, 21 Apr 2009)
>>>>
>>>> Log Message:
>>>> -----------
>>>> Really fix download sizes & times for external downloads (= remove
>>>> them)
>>> I'm not familiar with php scripting, so I didn't notice until
>>> commit. I
>>> was hoping another method could be used, so people could tell when
>>> exactly the last snapshots were generated, and the expected download
>>> size.
>>
>> PHP isn't the problem. The data is on a different server, and it is
>> simply impossible to tell from a given URL on an external server how
>> big the data behind that URL is and when it was created. So for now,
>> we have to go without that data.
>
> In that case, why not simply have the builtbot auto upload the  
> snapshots
> to the ScummVM web site? the date and file sizes could easily be
> determined, since they are on the same server.
>
> Hosting the daily snapshots on the ScummVM web site, would avoid any
> possible bandwidth issues on the buildbot system too.

That's true. On the other hand, giving one automated system SSH access  
to another opens up a new attack angle for hackers, unless we are able  
to properly sandbox this. Like, we'd have to store the credentials of  
a ScummVM developers on the buildbot server to allow it to SSH into  
the webserver. Not good.

bye,
Max