Re: CoCo torrent?
RETRO Innovations via Coco <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:13:14 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============2672483839735680106== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------00DF2ZMTpnPuoDyQcAvQa0IN" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------00DF2ZMTpnPuoDyQcAvQa0IN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 6/2/2026 11:01 AM, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote: >> On Jun 2, 2026, at 10:59=E2=80=AFAM, RETRO Innovations via Coco=20 >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I second this.=C2=A0 Torrents are great for unchanging material, but th= e=20 >> web site (I assume) will get updated all the time.=C2=A0 Placing a copy= on=20 >> GitHub/GitLab/etc. and letting people pull via cron ensures not only=20 >> that things are always up to date, but git will provide a list of=20 >> what has changed since last pull.=C2=A0 By having the cron/at job save = its=20 >> output to a timestamped file, you can have a complete record of what=20 >> changed from last time you looked at the files and now. > > We could get someone to set up a Git server, since what we would be=20 > hosting (things like book scans, Rainbow magazine, software) would=20 > likely be a violation of terms for a commercial service due to copyright= . > > Though anything that has been officially released to the public domain= =20 > (like stuff on L. Curtis Boyle=E2=80=99s game site) would be fair game, = I suspect. > > =E2=80=94 A > > > Setting up the server is easy (Forgejo =E2=80=93 Beyond coding. We forge.= =20 <https://forgejo.org/>, for example) but we should first get a list of=20 the sites we want to do this with, and see how the maintainers feel=20 about it.=C2=A0 For example: * If a site maintainer does NOT want their site mirrored, how do we respond? * If they do, it would be best if they push their changes into the repo directly, as an admin, and then their site just pulls from the repo like everything else. * Or, maybe they want to host their repo, for control reasons, and we can all point to it. Jim =2D-=20 RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems www.go4retro.com store.go4retro.com --------------00DF2ZMTpnPuoDyQcAvQa0IN Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-= 8"> </head> <body> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 6/2/2026 11:01 AM, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:4DB4C9E4-6F49-46D5-BDE1-622321B4ED94-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org"> <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUT= F-8"> <div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div>On Jun 2, 2026, at 10:59=E2=80=AFAM, RETRO Innovations via = Coco <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:coco@listser= v.adelphi.edu"><[email protected]></a> wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <div> <meta charset=3D"UTF-8"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12p= x; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter= -spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-tr= ansform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-= text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inlin= e !important;">I second this.=C2=A0 Torrents are great for unchanging materia= l, but the web site (I assume) will get updated all the time.=C2=A0 Placing a copy on GitHub/GitLab/etc. and letting people pull via cron ensures not only that things are always up to date, but git will provide a list of what has changed since last pull.=C2=A0 By having the cron/at job sav= e its output to a timestamped file, you can have a complete record of what changed from last time you looked at the files and now.</span></div> </blockquote> <br> </div> <div>We could get someone to set up a Git server, since what we would be hosting (things like book scans, Rainbow magazine, software) would likely be a violation of terms for a commercial service due to copyright.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Though anything that has been officially released to the public domain (like stuff on L. Curtis Boyle=E2=80=99s game site) = would be fair game, I suspect.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </sp= an>=E2=80=94 A</div> <div><br> </div> <br> <br> <fieldset class=3D"moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset> </blockquote> <p>Setting up the server is easy (<a href=3D"https://forgejo.org/">For= gejo =E2=80=93 Beyond coding. We forge.</a>, for example) but we should= first get a list of the sites we want to do this with, and see how the maintainers feel about it.=C2=A0 For example:</p> <ul> <li>If a site maintainer does NOT want their site mirrored, how do we respond?</li> <li>If they do, it would be best if they push their changes into the repo directly, as an admin, and then their site just pulls from the repo like everything else.</li> <li>Or, maybe they want to host their repo, for control reasons, and we can all point to it.</li> </ul> <p>Jim</p> <pre class=3D"moz-signature" cols=3D"72">--=20 RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"http://www.go4retro.com">www= .go4retro.com</a> store.go4retro.com</pre> </body> </html> --------------00DF2ZMTpnPuoDyQcAvQa0IN-- --===============2672483839735680106== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- Coco mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco --===============2672483839735680106==--