Am 27.10.2014 um 02:01 schrieb phil@highoctane.be:

I've seen a couple configurations retrieve tar files from DropBox.

http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~hernan/ApplicationSecurity loads NaCl library (libsodium) from Dropbox.��

See ConfigurationOfNacl>>preLoad

| url fileRef response |

url := self platformLibraryUrl asZnUrl.

fileRef := FileSystem disk workingDirectory / url pathSegments last.

(response := ZnEasy get: url) isSuccess

ifTrue: [ fileRef writeStreamDo: [ : stream | stream nextPutAll: response contents ] ]

ifFalse: [ self error: 'Cannot download compiled library file' ].

self uncompress: fileRef.

platformLibraryUrl

" Answer a download URL for the compiled version of library "

Smalltalk os isWin32��

ifTrue: [ ^ 'http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103833630/libsodium.zip' ].

Smalltalk os isUnix��

ifTrue: [ ^ 'http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103833630/libsodium.so.gz' ].

Smalltalk os isMacOSX

ifTrue: [ ^ 'http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103833630/libsodium.dylib.gz' ].

self error: 'Cannot find library for your OS platform'.

It looks like a good way to solve these things.�� Forget about Dropbox versioning. But with a proper naming scheme, it is doable.

For me this sounds like a receipt for disaster in the long run.

Version management is about to be able to reliably load versions. Moving parts outside of a controlled environment will make you unhappy sooner or later���

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