[okfn-help] openbiblio update from 2010-09-22 catch up

[Rufus Pollock]

Clearly should be cc'd to some public list ... :)

On 23 September 2010 15:14, Ben O'Steen <bosteen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 14:00 +0100, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>
>> I also wonder why download links could not link direct to relevant
>> backend download url rather than having to pull it through
>> storage.ckan.net ...
>
>
> One thing that I had to add to pairtree when I was using it directly for
> web apps was the ability to get the direct file path to hand to pylon's
> download convenience class.
>
> Would it make sense for OFS to include a method that returns a direct
> URL for a given bucket/label? eg:
>
> ofs.get_url(bucket, label) --->

I think that would be useful, yes ...

> pairtree backed ofs returns "file:///...."
>
> Amazon S3, etc ofs returns "http://..."
>
>
> Ben
>
> PS I've been musing whether or not a pairtree-via-FTP OFS backend would
> be a useful. I think it might be, but would like to hear otherwise :)

Couldn't this go through repod (the rest store webapp friedrich has built ...)?

> PPS still having trouble getting a working python client for Riak -
> there is something screwy with versions - anyone got a tried and tested
> setup who can tell me the version numbers of client and server?

Hmmm. I will take a look and see if I can get it working. I know i had
problems once they upgraded to used protocol buffers.

Rufus