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Hobbes (Files) Reoganization
Mentore:
--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on May 16, 2021, 07:30:36 pm ---Hi
Just in case, this weekend, I will take a full backup of hobbes and put it on Archive.org just to leave it archived. I guess nobody will get mad for it.
Regards
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I don't think there will be problems with this. I also second your idea of an alternate "main" repo for OS/2 software.
Mentore
Martin Iturbide:
Hi
As a first step, I had uploaded an old Hobbes 2020-02 backup I have on Archive.org.
https://archive.org/download/hobbes-archive-2020-02
I will upload an 2021-05 backup too.
Regards
Neil Waldhauer:
Something looks wrong with the file dates. They are all 17-May-2021
Martin Iturbide:
--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on May 18, 2021, 03:57:47 pm ---Something looks wrong with the file dates. They are all 17-May-2021
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Hi
Seems to be the upload date from my machine to archive.org. I think there is no way to preserve the original dates of the files when you upload a file there.
Also, yesterday night, I also uploaded a 2021-05 backup of hobbes I made with HTTPTrack.
- https://archive.org/download/hobbes-archive-2021-05/hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/
With this, I expect, people will have access to the backup in case we decided to delete some old software versions in hobbes. I still need to think more about it and discuss it.
Regards
Ian B Manners:
Hi Martin,
Apologies about the late reply, been busy, and will be for the next couple of weeks.
Archiving is like religion..
As long as you have the files you need I do not think there is a right, or a wrong way, and everyone has an opinion of what you are doing wrong :o)
I still update my hobbes mirror whenever the incoming directory file count goes down but this is not currently reflected on www.os2site.com as it
is no longer an OS/2 based server, so none of my scripts etc run. I had a look at stunnel/rsync/ftp but have not been successful in getting any combination to
work with updating www.os2site.com from my home based OS/2 server. It is on my to do list so will be looking at it again in a month or so.
My hobbes mirror also does not remove files, it's not an rsync type mirror but a plain FTP mirror of hobbes.
On www.os2site.com itself, over time I'm been creating /old directories where older versions of files are moved.
I do this as occasionally a file is uploaded to hobbes that has an incorrect "Replaces:" field, and if its not caught then that file is removed or deleted. Not a good way to maintain an archive, and its a pain to retrieve a file from an older backup, if I recognised what has happened.
Some people have requested that I not keep older versions of their software on os2site.com, in that case the older versions are moved to a non public area on the server. One person asked that all their software be removed from public view, this I did.
I have also created a http://www.os2site.com/sw/martin directory where all of your uploads are moved to, that keeps the original files intact but creates a parallel archive of your cleaned up files, doing otherwise was getting a bit messy :) The /sw/martin/ directory on my home server is far more populated that the publicly available www.os2site.com version.
The main thing is that YOU are happy with what you are doing :)
And don't let it take over your life.
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