The resource bundle and resource md5 sums.

[Wolthera]

Sorry, it doesn't install all bundles, it only installs activated bundles,
so only the activated bundles take up start-up time :)

I'll start implementing this then.

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014, Wolthera wrote:
>
>  So, right now, the resource bundle uses md5 sums to figure out which
>> preset is part of it. However,
>> these md5sums, which are stored in the manifest.xml are bogus.
>>
>
> Hm... But they are the only way to figure out whether two resources are
> the same. If the md5sums don't work, we've got a bigger problem!
>
> Right now, the actual details have gone quite fuzzy in my mind, and I'm
> trying to focus on fixing the shortcuts/menu mess, so it's kind of hard to
> figure out what's up.
>
>  I do not know why they are bogus, but I am hoping to implement a bit of
>> functionality that is half
>> work-around and half kinda necessary anyway:
>>
>> First, Krita always installs all bundles upon start-up.
>>
>
> That's actually something that needs fixing then -- because one of the
> nice things of the bundles is that blacklisted/uninstalled bundles
> shouldn't take memory or startup time.
>
>  > I suggest we us this chance for the bundle
>
>> to collect all the md5sums of the resources it installs.
>>
>> Then, we get it to check it against all the manifest md5sums, when these
>> are mismatched, we tell the
>> user "Ah, it seems that these brushes have mismatching md5sums with the
>> bundle's manifest. They may
>> have gotten corrupted udring download:
>> <list of brushes>"
>>
>> That way, the user actually can see the use of these weird numbery things.
>>
>> Then, when Krita deinstalls a bundle, it'll use the md5sums of what it
>> knows it installed instead of
>> the list in the manifest.
>>
>
> We can do that, yes.
>
>
>> Does this sound like a plan? We can then later figure out why the
>> manifest md5sums are nonsense.
>>
>> --
>> Wolthera
>>
>>
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