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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
Spotting broken/missing files
At Ninja Commando + we discussed this:
Quote:Submitted by Bordeaux [PM] on 11 March 2008
Well I have run into too many files that I had on my disk only to find later that when i checked csdb the fucking file was missing and/or it was broken which isn't obvious at first sight. So either make another way of marking a broken file so i can search for them in the database OR leave it in the filename. Unless it's against some rules here.
I'd have to agree a bit with this.
So perhaps we can make some 'rule' about how to take care of these things.
Like adding '[BROKEN FILE]' after the title?
Or perhaps a radio-button or something to indicate this fact? |
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Tim
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Registered: Mar 2002
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Quote: Broken or not, all files with a release should hold the exact same data (except for the fucked up parts).
That said, what is the need to leave a broken file with a release, when a working file is available?
For this exact reason, you'd want that broken-file-flag in the first place!
So I'd say that a flag with the release would be enough.
Just remove the broken file when you found a working one.
And clear the broken-file-tag.
Don't forget the most important thing: files showing up flagged 'broken' when searched in the search csdb top right corner!
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Perff
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Ok. Started working on this.
You can now flag any download link as "corrupted file". This can only be done from the edit page of a release, and hit the "edit"-button on each downloadlink. But as I guess this only something that happens rearly, I think it should be good enough.
I've made a new version of the disk-icon, which should look broken. :) This will be shown in front of releases instead of the normal disk-icon, where there exists only download links that are corrupted. These disk-icons have also been added to the normal search result. (Should do it for post #12)
On the browse page, there is now an additional check-box besides the disk-icon (broken). If you check that one off, only releases with only broken/corrupted links will be shown.
Hope that will do it. :)
PS. I havn't finished running through the code all places where the disk-icon is shown, and fixed it. Just so you know. :) |
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
Awesome, this has been needed for some time already. Usually people mention in one of the comment fields if the file is broken. Is it possible to search the comments? |
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Tim
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Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 467 |
Awesome solution Perff!
Also changed these so that they are now correct.
Long Life +5
Kokotoni Wilf
I like the way it shows up during a search now too! |
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Perff
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Posts: 1679 |
Sorry. There is no search comments feature. :/
Just made a quick search. Found only a few releases with comments about broken files: (Havn't checked them)
Quadrant Bust 2
Spitfire +
Varidan
Shackled +2F
Interlace Art 1 |
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Tim
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Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 467 |
Quote: Sorry. There is no search comments feature. :/
Just made a quick search. Found only a few releases with comments about broken files: (Havn't checked them)
Quadrant Bust 2
Spitfire +
Varidan
Shackled +2F
Interlace Art 1
Checked the files and marked as not working
Quadrant Bust 2
Spitfire +
Interlace Art 1
Seem to have been fixed in the passed
Varidan
Shackled +2F
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Mace
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 1799 |
I usually say it's "borked" when a file is broken... ;-)
Go hunt for that. |
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
Other good search ideas might be "error", "doesn't work" & "fucked up". :) |
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wreg
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Posts: 679 |
vicejam :) |
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Perff
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Posts: 1679 |
Good way to get me working: Send me a lot of requests that only I can do, because there is no user feature that can do it. :)
Well, now there is!
In a simple version so far, so there is no official link to it except this one:
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/search/comments.php
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