A Request To All ROM Devs [If TL;DR, Check TL;DR at end]

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Dear ROM Devs,
I just wanna throw this out here before rooting season is open: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE USE SUBVERSION! I kindly ask you all to host/mirror your ROMs on a SVN friendly site such as Google Code for the express fact that it sucks redownloading (and reuploading im sure) ~500mb file because of something like "Changelog: Made a buttload of tweaks that will make your phone be able to run Battlefield 3 on ultra at 60fps AND it will end world hunger AND solve the oil crisis AND if you die it will give you a 1UP!!! (Video proof on first and last! Middle two, just watch the news later!)

Total size of changes: not even 2mb
New ROM Size: still over 500mb

I know it sounds like Im whining about nothing, especially those of you with your T1 lines or 50mbps broadband that can download a The Avengers Blu Ray rip, both seasons of MLP: FiM @1080p, and Battlefield 3 (since you thought the video proof was faked and want to test it for yourself) all at the same time and at the speed it would take to toast a poptart with a blowtorch. But it would be a godsend for people who have slow/unreliable internet or only have their data plan and especially for those who are deployed and still trying to feed their flashaholism (such as me) where it literally takes atleast 5-7 days to download a 100mb file with the fastest sustained speed being ~6kb/s, with a ~1 hr downtime every 3-4 hours, not to mention constantly dropping the connection even with a download manager. And also you could set up an automatic commit to upload any changes every night or week or whenever AND instead of having to check the thread every however long, all you would have to do is right click the folder, click SVN update, ???, profit! (LOLZ)
So anyway, theres my argument please consider it. Thanks.

TL;DR: Please host your ROMs on a SVN site so people with slow/unreliable internet connections can download them faster and plus its easier for Devs and flashaholics to keep updated. Thanks.

I don't have this problem but I do hate waiting x amount of time to reflash everything not sure of this method you posted never did it before that I know of but it sounds awesome

Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium

There was a guide for it posted awhile back

http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...hensive-guide/

ckoadiyn: it takes literally 5 steps to set up and 3 to update
1- download and install tortisesvn
2- right click and click checkout where you want it to download to (ie desktop)
3- enter the url to the trunk
4- press ok and let it download
5- zip it up and flash it
to update,
1- right click on the folder and click update
2- wait for it to update if necessary
3- zip it and flash it if it updated

edit: i think you misunderstood, it doesnt make an update folder with only the changes, it updates the whole project folder, which i think is better because there might be some unforeseen problem with only flashing parts instead of the whole thing or something, idk. its still better to download 5mb of updates then wait for the whole thing to flash than to download another 500mb for a 5mb update if you still have to flash the whole thing either way.
the only way you could make it a "changed only update" is if you picked out what was updated but that would probably be more trouble than what its worth and like i said might result in some kind of issue.

xHausx: the problem isnt using svn, its getting those who arnt on it to be on it such as eternity infected 3.5, newts one s, and others

That sounds awesome

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If you have eclipse installed you can also use that, but for a ROM it's probably a lot simpler to just use tortisesvn

I'm feeling stupid now. I have no idea what TLDRBsi or what trunk is (I'm guessing base directory?)
What is wrong with goo.inside etc? Unless I'm misunderstanding the entire point of this thread.

sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS

its ok it stands for too long didnt read lol
and yes the trunk is the base directory, the "/" placeholder of the rom if you will so you dont have to download data, system, sdcard, etc by themselves and to keep them in one place (ie x:/trunk/system/, data/, sdcard/, etc)
goo is fine except for the problems plaguing people like me: slow, unreliable, constant connection dropping internet, not to mention limited bandwidth
i could deal with waiting slowly and patiently but if (when) the connection gets interrupted or dropped then the file is useless and im back to square one minus the amount i downloaded from my allotted bandwidth (do the math too, even if my connection would stay perfectly reliable but just slow: [6kb/s] / 500mb = 23h 40m = OMFGWTF)
and of course jdownloader doesnt work on goo, devhost, androidfilehost, and others (100% offline, file not found) im guessing because theres not plugin to handle the countdown or something
basically my logic is this: dl rom: 500mb, dl updates: 1/5/10+mb at a time > dl rom: 500mb, dl updates 500mb again
see what im getting at?

Wait Sense roms are 500 MB or more now days?

the one in particular im referencing is "newts one s" w/ ics 4.0.3 + sense 4, 508.83mb
and that number is sure to climb when downloading for newer devices like the one series/evo lte
yes there are the cm9's and such that are less than 200 or even 150 but the problem still stands with the connection interrupt/drop = waste of time and bandwidth and having to start over