"Download repository as zip" doesn't work most of the time. #72

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Aaron Carlisle · 2023-12-13T04:28:25+01:00

Aaron Carlisle commented

2023-12-13 04:28:25 +01:00

Original Report by @Strike_Digital : blender/blender-manual#104563

When trying to download this repository as a zip file, most of the time, the server doesn't respond and nothing happens:

Rarely, the file will download instantly, and sometimes it will start downloading after a couple of minutes.
Going to the zip url directly gives a time-out error:

Occurs on both Chrome and Firefox.
I'm working on an addon to view the manual directly in Blender, so being able to reliably download the zip file for different versions would be valuable.

Edit:

It seems that after waiting a couple of minutes to download initially, subsequent downloads will begin immediately. I assume this is caused by the zip file being built from scratch the first time, and then cached after that.
It seems that the cache isn't persistent though, as I downloaded the 3.6 zip a while ago (which hasn't changed since), but I still had to wait for it to download today.

Any chance the zip cache could be rebuilt automatically with each commit, at least for important branches? (assuming that this is the problem)

Original Report by @Strike_Digital : https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender-manual/issues/104563 -------------- When trying to download this repository as a zip file, most of the time, the server doesn't respond and nothing happens: ![image](/attachments/342f5454-56e2-467f-9dda-3b44fcb36b18) Rarely, the file will download instantly, and sometimes it will start downloading after a couple of minutes. Going to the zip url directly gives a time-out error: ![image](/attachments/419e2292-9058-4b29-a38f-086490c6721f) Occurs on both Chrome and Firefox. I'm working on an addon to view the manual directly in Blender, so being able to reliably download the zip file for different versions would be valuable. Edit: It seems that after waiting a couple of minutes to download initially, subsequent downloads will begin immediately. I assume this is caused by the zip file being built from scratch the first time, and then cached after that. It seems that the cache isn't persistent though, as I downloaded the 3.6 zip a while ago (which hasn't changed since), but I still had to wait for it to download today. Any chance the zip cache could be rebuilt automatically with each commit, at least for important branches? (assuming that this is the problem)

Aaron Carlisle referenced this issue from blender/blender-manual

2023-12-13 04:29:01 +01:00

"Download repository as zip" doesn't work most of the time. #104563

Arnd Marijnissen commented

2023-12-14 16:50:13 +01:00

edited.
I thought this was the ticket relating to downloads from docs.blender.org failing.. but projects should not be affected by the same issue.
I'll investigate this.

edited. I thought this was the ticket relating to downloads from docs.blender.org failing.. but projects should not be affected by the same issue. I'll investigate this.

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Brecht Van Lommel added the

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label 2024-01-04 12:07:05 +01:00

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2024-01-22 11:23:21 +01:00

From what I can tell, this is the same underlying bug as #73 and should be fixed now.

If not, we can reopen the issue.

From what I can tell, this is the same underlying bug as #73 and should be fixed now. If not, we can reopen the issue.

Brecht Van Lommel closed this issue

2024-01-22 11:23:22 +01:00