0005551: Rework FM database to use SVN as primary storage

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005551	The Dark Mod	Distribution	public	27.02.2021 05:32	01.01.2023 19:02

Reporter	stgatilov	Assigned To	stgatilov
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	TDM 2.08
Target Version	TDM 2.10	Fixed in Version	TDM 2.10

Summary	0005551: Rework FM database to use SVN as primary storage
Description	Right now the mission archive management is pretty low-level and bug-prone. In order to update FM, one has to look on the website for download URLs, connect to each individual mirror using SCP and update the file there, then bump the version on website. With more than 100 FMs and tremendous effort of the all the authors behind them, I think it would be better to store officially distributed FMs in some versioned storage. SVN is obviously the best candidate because 1) we use it everywhere, 2) it is good with binaries, 3) it does not allow to rewrite history, 4) it allows to checkout one directory instead of whole repo, etc. The idea is to create a new repo specifically for the official mission archive.
Additional Information	Original discussion: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/20624-store-missions-archive-in-svn/
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related to	0004291	resolved	Daft Mugi	List of missions in Downloadable Missions is not cleared if network connection is lost after update of mission list
related to	0004726	resolved	nbohr1more	Check I18N links on Mission web pages
related to	0004109	assigned	stgatilov	Updates not showing up in the internal downloader if 'VERSION' of a mission isn't updated
related to	0005242	assigned	stgatilov	Online Mission Downloader should include "last updated" field not just "release date"
related to	0002926	acknowledged	stgatilov	Changed l10n files need a new PK4 download

stgatilov 05.05.2021 13:37 administrator ~0013954	Fixed wrong handling of "404 File not found" HTTP code in svn rev 9339. See also: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/20913-fm-database-upgrade/&do=findComment&comment=460299 It caught be off guard that "file not found" by default results in CURLE_OK with html contents. Now it should result in CURLE_HTTP_RETURNED_ERROR, so the mission downloader will be able to silently switch to another URL instead of complaining.

stgatilov 06.05.2021 06:21 administrator ~0013965	The process has begun: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/20913-fm-database-upgrade/ https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/20624-store-missions-archive-in-svn/&do=findComment&comment=460315 TODO for future: validate screenshot names against spaces and similar trash (or maybe just all filenames).

stgatilov 13.05.2021 01:54 administrator ~0013999	I'm afraid SHA verification was buggy and blocked updates in some cases (when localization pack is available): r9356. Fixed stupid bug in SHA verification of downloaded packages.

nbohr1more 30.01.2022 21:30 developer ~0014700	Closing this issue as the mission database is now using SVN Future improvements, such as using exploded folders, can be addressed in a sub-task tracker if needed

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
27.02.2021 05:32	stgatilov	New Issue
27.02.2021 05:32	stgatilov	Status	new => assigned
27.02.2021 05:32	stgatilov	Assigned To	=> stgatilov
27.02.2021 05:32	stgatilov	Relationship added	related to 0004726
05.05.2021 13:37	stgatilov	Note Added: 0013954
06.05.2021 06:21	stgatilov	Note Added: 0013965
13.05.2021 01:54	stgatilov	Note Added: 0013999
03.07.2021 08:45	stgatilov	Relationship added	related to 0004109
03.07.2021 08:49	stgatilov	Relationship added	related to 0005242
18.07.2021 07:07	stgatilov	Status	assigned => feedback
30.01.2022 21:30	nbohr1more	Note Added: 0014700
30.01.2022 21:30	nbohr1more	Status	feedback => resolved
30.01.2022 21:30	nbohr1more	Resolution	open => fixed
30.01.2022 21:30	nbohr1more	Fixed in Version	=> TDM 2.10
21.12.2022 06:44	nbohr1more	Relationship added	related to 0002926
01.01.2023 19:02	nbohr1more	Relationship added	related to 0004291