[Sugar-devel] [RELEASE] Browse-106

[Gary C Martin]

On 2 Apr 2009, at 10:50, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com>  
> wrote:
>> Sorry to rush on this, but barring objections, I get the feeling  
>> this is
>> getting close to happening in the next 24hrs...
>>
>>  http://dev.sugarlabs.org/attachment/ticket/645/simple_static_page_v3.png
>
> Objection! :-) Please re-add the link to 'Local Schoolserver'.

OK :-)

Silly question, so I've added a link to http://schoolserver/ which  
will be a broken link unless you are in a school environment with a  
school server set to that name. Could distros (like SoaS, or XO  
targeted builds), change the resolution order through /etc/host.conf  
(maybe also /etc/nsswitch.conf) so that the check for schoolserver go  
first to a dns server? If that fails to resolve, a local host file  
entry could then try to go to the schools moodle server at http://schools.sugarlabs.org/

Hmmm, I guess that's going to mess with browser cookies, but just  
thought I'd raise the question.

I might look at some other old html tricks (but not for this release)  
that could avoid the broken link. Some dhtml tricks might work hiding  
the potential error page in a hidden frame and auto switching to the  
public server URL if the local URL fails.

> BTW, did you mean to CC the list? We've dropped to a private thread...

Ooops, back on list.

--G

> cheers,
>
>
> m
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