Does Whimsy really need to have a local Git workspace?

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

AFAICT the only Git files that Whimsy needs to be available locally at
runtime are asf-auth and pit-auth.

The other Git file it uses (data/common.yaml) is read directly from the server.

So it seems a bit wasteful to keep a local clone.
One might as well just read the files directly; this will also ensure
that they are more up to date.

Re: Does Whimsy really need to have a local Git workspace?

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 18 March 2016 at 21:55, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing
>
> I'd like the default for method calls in whimsy/asf to be quick and cached.
> I wouldn't have a problem with there being an option for opting for a
> slower but more up to date response.
> On Mar 18, 2016 5:45 PM, "sebb" <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> AFAICT the only Git files that Whimsy needs to be available locally at
>> runtime are asf-auth and pit-auth.
>>
>> The other Git file it uses (data/common.yaml) is read directly from the
>> server.
>>
>> So it seems a bit wasteful to keep a local clone.
>> One might as well just read the files directly; this will also ensure
>> that they are more up to date.
>>

Re: Does Whimsy really need to have a local Git workspace?

[Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net>]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing

I'd like the default for method calls in whimsy/asf to be quick and cached.
I wouldn't have a problem with there being an option for opting for a
slower but more up to date response.
On Mar 18, 2016 5:45 PM, "sebb" <se...@gmail.com> wrote:

> AFAICT the only Git files that Whimsy needs to be available locally at
> runtime are asf-auth and pit-auth.
>
> The other Git file it uses (data/common.yaml) is read directly from the
> server.
>
> So it seems a bit wasteful to keep a local clone.
> One might as well just read the files directly; this will also ensure
> that they are more up to date.
>