Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-26 Thread Ole Streicher
Daniele Tricoli writes: > On Tuesday 25 August 2015 13:08:12 Ole Streicher wrote: >> This is probably the way to go. However, the original package does not >> update the data on a regular base. It checks whether the data are >> current when they are accessed and downloads a new version if the loca

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Daniele Tricoli
On Tuesday 25 August 2015 13:08:12 Ole Streicher wrote: > This is probably the way to go. However, the original package does not > update the data on a regular base. It checks whether the data are > current when they are accessed and downloads a new version if the local > version is too old. What

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Ole Streicher
Danny Edel writes: > From a system administrator's point of view, the following would be all > right to me: > > * When you install the package, debconf asks if you want the automated > upgrades, preferably telling me how often its going to download them and > information about the source. (And I k

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Ole Streicher
m...@linux.it (Marco d'Itri) writes: > On Aug 25, Ole Streicher wrote: >> What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An >> automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the >> right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. One could let the > I am f

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Alastair McKinstry
On 25/08/2015 08:44, Ole Streicher wrote: > Hi all, > > What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An > automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the > right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. One could let the > user manually start the d

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Danny Edel
On 25/08/15 09:44, Ole Streicher wrote: > What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An > automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the > right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. Hi Ole, I wouldnt say that it' automatically bad to downloa

Re: Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 25, Ole Streicher wrote: > What is the best way to keep these data up to date in Debian? An > automated process as written in the pull request [1] is probably not the > right way, since it is a potential privacy violation. One could let the I am frankly tired of people screaming "privacy v

Automated download/update of data files

2015-08-25 Thread Ole Streicher
Hi all, for astronomy (and probably for other parts of science) we need to access data files that are updated from time to time. An example is the difference between UTC and earth rotation. This data is updated every week and is needed to precisely calculate the positions of stars on the sky [1].