Fallback for channel_v3.json

[dogancelik]

Website is down, so we can't reach https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json The default cache_length is 300 seconds, so it gets emptied quickly. A fallback URL for JSON files would be nice or a CDN (CloudFlare?) that only serves JSON data under different URLs, something like:

• https://**cdn.**packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json
• https://**backup.**packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json

[jakebian]

+1

[thotypous]

+1 I'm using this one for the time being: https://web.archive.org/web/20150905194312/https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json

[Gubith]

Times out: https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json

Fails instantly: https://backup.packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json https://cdn.packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json

"works" https://web.archive.org/web/20150905194312/https://packagecontrol.io/channel_v3.json

Thanks thotypous

[wbond]

I would recommend against using 3-month-old package metadata.

[wbond]

BTW, this would be a great time to consider a $2.50 a month donation to PC. If I could get a good number of users doing so, I could set up a more fault tolerant architecture.

[thotypous]

I would recommend against using 3-month-old package metadata.

Of course I enabled it as only during the time Linode was offline, for an emergency plugin install ;)

What about adding a subdomain cached by CloudFlare pointing to the same Linode box which hosts the main domain? Should be fairly easy to setup and provide some level of fallback for free.

[aral]

PS. In case you’re wondering how to donate to @wbond for a more robust architecture, here’s the link to the page on the web site:

https://packagecontrol.io/say_thanks

(Might be an idea to make that more prevalent and to add it to the readme on the repo also. No shame in asking.) :)

[whirlwind110]

I have created a mirror in my server. but only http

(@wbond removed URL since it was insecure and the channel is back up)

[wbond]

For users coming here after the recent outage, please see #1057 for more information.