Make OpenOfficeURLProvider.py work with other Apache downloads?

[homebysix]

Hi Hannes,

I'm trying to write an ApacheDirectoryStudio.download recipe, and it looks like the logic necessary to find the nearest mirror is exactly the same logic you're using in your OpenOfficeURLProvider processor.

I wonder if you'd consider changing the specific OpenOfficeURLProvider into a more generic ApacheURLProvider processor, which could be used for downloading other Apache products?

I think the two things that would need to be changed are:

• The LOCATOR_URL would vary per product. (For Directory Studio it's http://www.apache.org/dyn/aoo-closer.cgi/directory/studio.) Maybe the product-specific part of that URL could become an input variable, like so:

<key>MIRROR_PATH</key>
<string>/openoffice</string>

• The filename and version regex would vary per product. (OpenOffice uses Apache_OpenOffice_<version>_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg but Directory Studio uses ApacheDirectoryStudio-<version>-macosx.cocoa.x86_64.tar.gz.) Perhaps this too could be passed as an input variable?

<key>FILENAME_MATCH</key>
<string>Apache_OpenOffice_[\d]+.*_MacOS_x86-64_install.+\.dmg</string>

I'd be happy to chip in, of course, but I'm new to writing processors.

Elliot

[hjuutilainen]

Thanks for the suggestion. Good idea and I'm definitely up for this. I'll see if I can come up with something based on your specs.