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Hi, Gisle Vanem[^] reported that there are problems downloading article code, Download failures[^] :
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Please provide another download location; GitHub? Trying to download Harlinn.Windows-2021-12-90.zip in Chrome has now failed 4 times. Try to restart the D/L seems to restart from the beginning. Buggy "Range" support at Codepoject's HTTP server?
Espen Harlinn Chief Architect - Seasurveillance AS The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Hi, Gisle Vanem[^] reported that there are problems downloading article code, Download failures[^] :
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Please provide another download location; GitHub? Trying to download Harlinn.Windows-2021-12-90.zip in Chrome has now failed 4 times. Try to restart the D/L seems to restart from the beginning. Buggy "Range" support at Codepoject's HTTP server?
Espen Harlinn Chief Architect - Seasurveillance AS The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.Edsger W.Dijkstra
I've downloaded the file successfully. However, this file is huge. 137Mb as we don't support 7z and had to convert it to a zip. If the user has poor or slow internet, this file will be an issue for them. Could you possibly package up the project into smaller, logical zip files?
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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I've downloaded the file successfully. However, this file is huge. 137Mb as we don't support 7z and had to convert it to a zip. If the user has poor or slow internet, this file will be an issue for them. Could you possibly package up the project into smaller, logical zip files?
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Could you possibly package up the project into smaller, logical zip files?
The purpose of the solution is to have a general purpose 'runtime' for C and C++ development based on open source for 64-bit Windows development that just works. Breaking it apart would add significant complexity, and suddenly I would need a package manager to manage the various dependencies.
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If the user has poor or slow internet, this file will be an issue for them
True, but most developers regularly download archives that are way larger.
Espen Harlinn Chief Architect - Seasurveillance AS The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Could you possibly package up the project into smaller, logical zip files?
The purpose of the solution is to have a general purpose 'runtime' for C and C++ development based on open source for 64-bit Windows development that just works. Breaking it apart would add significant complexity, and suddenly I would need a package manager to manage the various dependencies.
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If the user has poor or slow internet, this file will be an issue for them
True, but most developers regularly download archives that are way larger.
Espen Harlinn Chief Architect - Seasurveillance AS The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.Edsger W.Dijkstra
Why don't break the zip in parts instead of the project inside? Time ago you could ask WinZip to make the multiple packages of the size of a 3-1/4 disquette... This way you would have 13 files of 10 Mb and 1 of 7 Mb... File 1 of 14, 2 of 14 and so on. Once extracted the project is still in only one solution folder as it should.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Why don't break the zip in parts instead of the project inside? Time ago you could ask WinZip to make the multiple packages of the size of a 3-1/4 disquette... This way you would have 13 files of 10 Mb and 1 of 7 Mb... File 1 of 14, 2 of 14 and so on. Once extracted the project is still in only one solution folder as it should.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Good idea, done :-)
Espen Harlinn Chief Architect - Seasurveillance AS The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague.Edsger W.Dijkstra