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Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: JAssange on January 28, 2011, 02:03:36 am
The links for SFML 1.7 (http://sfml.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sfml/trunk.tar.gz?view=tar) and SFML 2.0 (http://sfml.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sfml/branches/sfml2.tar.gz?view=tar) won't load for me, even manually browsing on SourceForge.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: eXpl0it3r on January 28, 2011, 02:38:31 am
Must be a problem on your end...
What browser do you use?
Is JavaScript activated?
Does just the download not start or what's the problem?

eXp
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: JAssange on January 28, 2011, 02:59:35 am
Both Firefox and Internet Explorer, and various proxies all fail to resolve the page. SFML 1.6 downloads fine but my project requires 2.0.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: NorthernGate on January 28, 2011, 05:08:31 am
Sourceforge SVN is down atm. Really do need SFML2 though.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 28, 2011, 07:58:21 am
You can still reach it trough a SVN app. I do have the latest svn revision at school. I could uppload it to my server and share it.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 28, 2011, 09:30:36 am
Here you go:
http://www.groogy.se/sfml2.zip
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: eXpl0it3r on January 28, 2011, 10:29:35 am
Quote from: "NorthernGate"
Sourceforge SVN is down atm. Really do need SFML2 though.


I didn't experience that...
On my side the download just starts fine,  :shock:
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: token on January 29, 2011, 11:03:08 am
Thx groogy :)
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 29, 2011, 04:00:49 pm
Just thinking, Laurent would you like to have a mirror site for something like this happens?

I can mirror it at my website and update once every week. I'll include the revision number in the archive name so the downloaders can see if it's the latest or not.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Laurent on January 29, 2011, 05:38:55 pm
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Just thinking, Laurent would you like to have a mirror site for something like this happens?

I can mirror it at my website and update once every week. I'll include the revision number in the archive name so the downloaders can see if it's the latest or not.

Sure, having a mirror is always better than just one source ;)

Thanks. Let me know when it's ready, so that I can add the link to the website.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 29, 2011, 08:03:55 pm
http://sfml.groogy.se/latest.zip

Couldn't find how to create symbolic links at my webserver so did it like this. In the future I'll place a REVISION file in the zip and write the revison number in there and a link to the sourceforge revision page.

Don't think any other information is needed?
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Laurent on January 29, 2011, 11:34:09 pm
Is it sfml2 or trunk?
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 29, 2011, 11:35:46 pm
sfml2, should I add that to the subdomain? Or maybe write sfml2-latest.zip
I could host mirror to both versions that way.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Laurent on January 29, 2011, 11:37:19 pm
What about adding the date? Like sfml2-290111.zip.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 29, 2011, 11:42:41 pm
Quote from: "Laurent"
What about adding the date? Like sfml2-290111.zip.


Yeah thought about that or have a trailing revision number. But then there comes the problem with that you can't have a link on the webpage that will always be linked to the latest version(As I couldn't find a way to create a symbolic link trough cpanel, I don't have direct access to the server).

Anyway just to be more clear, it's now: http://sfml.groogy.se/sfml2-latest.zip

So unless you got an idea on how to keep it simple, I'll have date and revision number in a text file included in the zip.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Laurent on January 30, 2011, 10:10:47 am
What about a web page, or a a simple directory where people can see files, rather than a direct link to the archive?

And by the way, revision number os better than date yes, since there can be several revisions in one day ;)
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 30, 2011, 11:13:19 am
You can link directly to the folder with: http://sfml.groogy.se/

This way, If I ever get time, I can do a proper webpage and you won't need to change anything.

And what should the filename format be?
sfml2-rXXXX
sfml2-revisionXXXX
sfml2-XXXX

I might change compression method after I´ve compared what gives the best result :)
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Laurent on January 30, 2011, 05:49:43 pm
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And what should the filename format be?
sfml2-rXXXX
sfml2-revisionXXXX
sfml2-XXXX

I don't care, as long as there's "sfml2" and the revision number inside ;)

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I might change compression method after I´ve compared what gives the best result

.tar.bz2
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 30, 2011, 06:08:31 pm
Quote from: "Laurent"

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I might change compression method after I´ve compared what gives the best result

.tar.bz2


IS that supported on all platforms then?

Anyway, no matter what format, it is up so that you can link to it now :)
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Silvah on January 30, 2011, 07:56:09 pm
Quote from: "Laurent"

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I might change compression method after I´ve compared what gives the best result

.tar.bz2

What do you mean by "best result"? Highest compression ratio? If so, then it's not true.

Quote from: "Groogy"
IS that supported on all platforms then?
Yup, tarballs are supported on all platforms that are supported by SFML.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Laurent on January 30, 2011, 08:23:52 pm
I think tar.bz2 is the best compromise between compression ratio and availability. That's the standard format on Linux.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 30, 2011, 08:25:53 pm
I currently just use Rar, I got the best result from that so far. It is available to both Windows and Linux, don't know about Mac though.

Edit: Also I will put up the latest revision tomorrow when I get to school.
Though the one up right now should be enough.

Also just wondering, how many revisions should I keep there at one time? 5-10?
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 31, 2011, 02:43:20 pm
Latest(1786) revision is up now :)
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Laurent on January 31, 2011, 02:57:58 pm
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I currently just use Rar, I got the best result from that so far. It is available to both Windows and Linux, don't know about Mac though.

There are open-source implementations of the decoding algorithm, but encoding is 100% proprietary and closed. So, some people may not like it ;)

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Also just wondering, how many revisions should I keep there at one time? 5-10?

I have no idea. 3 should be enough, if there's something wrong with one revision I usually fix it quickly.
Title: Can't download SFML2
Post by: Groogy on January 31, 2011, 03:03:56 pm
Aight 3 it is. Well I don't think there is much to change anymore. The compression can be changed over time without creating any issues if people have a problem with it.