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</table>A53924https://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php?title=Download_Station_Cleanup&diff=1803&oldid=prevSaxham_market at 09:27, 18 March 20112011-03-18T09:27:09Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Further information about this process, including the public repair list, is available from the Download Station Cleanup [https://www.auran.com/planetauran/com_dls_cleanup.php Index Page]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Further information about this process, including the public repair list, is available from the Download Station Cleanup [https://www.auran.com/planetauran/com_dls_cleanup.php Index Page]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Further information about this process, including the public repair list, is available <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">athe </del>the Download Station Cleanup [https://www.auran.com/planetauran/com_dls_cleanup.php Index Page]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Further information about this process, including the public repair list, is available <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from </ins>the Download Station Cleanup [https://www.auran.com/planetauran/com_dls_cleanup.php Index Page]</div></td></tr>
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</table>Saxham_markethttps://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php?title=Download_Station_Cleanup&diff=1767&oldid=prevMilcheax: minor linking2011-02-25T02:54:15Z<p>minor linking</p>
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</table>Milcheaxhttps://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php?title=Download_Station_Cleanup&diff=1717&oldid=prevPw3r: /* Cleanup Process */2010-11-12T04:34:15Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Cleanup Process</span></span></p>
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</table>Pw3rhttps://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php?title=Download_Station_Cleanup&diff=1655&oldid=prevWindwalkr at 09:48, 18 October 20102010-10-18T09:48:22Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>It is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Auran</del>'s intention that the Download Station is fully cleaned. This is a long process, and while we are actively progressing towards this goal, it should be made clear that we do not have a specific completion date in mind. The repair process will involve the following steps:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>It is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">N3V</ins>'s intention that the Download Station is fully cleaned. This is a long process, and while we are actively progressing towards this goal, it should be made clear that we do not have a specific completion date in mind. The repair process will involve the following steps:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Auran </del>will also seek to reduce the occurrence of missing dependencies in DLS content. It is expected that we will begin to tighten the upload criteria in this regard. We have not fully evaluated our options here - we do not wish to negatively impact the payware marketplace, for example - but it is clear that we are unhappy with the current situation.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">N3V </ins>will also seek to reduce the occurrence of missing dependencies in DLS content. It is expected that we will begin to tighten the upload criteria in this regard. We have not fully evaluated our options here - we do not wish to negatively impact the payware marketplace, for example - but it is clear that we are unhappy with the current situation.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Windwalkrhttps://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php?title=Download_Station_Cleanup&diff=939&oldid=prevWindwalkr at 16:18, 3 February 20102010-02-03T16:18:39Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Download Station has historically been rather lax about checking the validity of uploaded content, relying on the individual content creators to ensure that various data fields (including dependencies) were specified correctly. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Aditionally</del>, Auran has been slow in providing up-to-date content examples, documentation, and validation tools. As a result, due to misunderstandings and human error, quite a lot of the current DLS content has configuration errors or missing dependencies.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The Download Station has historically been rather lax about checking the validity of uploaded content, relying on the individual content creators to ensure that various data fields (including dependencies) were specified correctly. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Additionally</ins>, Auran has been slow in providing up-to-date content examples, documentation, and validation tools. As a result, due to misunderstandings and human error, quite a lot of the current DLS content has configuration errors or missing dependencies.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Windwalkrhttps://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php?title=Download_Station_Cleanup&diff=938&oldid=prevWindwalkr at 15:57, 3 February 20102010-02-03T15:57:24Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Neither step is as easy as it first seems, since complete validation of an asset is not reasonably possible. Validation is a moving target, and with each improvement to the validation toolset, it is expected that some number of "good" assets will become flagged as "faulty". In practice, this means that the first step must be repeated with each update to the validation toolset.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Neither step is as easy as it first seems, since complete validation of an asset is not reasonably possible. Validation is a moving target, and with each improvement to the validation toolset, it is expected that some number of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previously </ins>"good" assets will become flagged as "faulty". In practice, this means that the first step must be repeated with each update to the validation toolset.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In preparation for TS2009</del>, the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Download Station will be fully cleaned</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Auran will assume responsibility for repairing all current faulty DLS content such that it passes our internal validation processes (similar </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">those performed </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMP.) The repair </del>process <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will involve </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">following steps:</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=Content Validation=</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The DLS upload mechanism performs validation on all incoming assets</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">using </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">same underlying process as [[Content Manager]]</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For technical reasons, certain tests are not possible </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perform on our server hardware, meaning that some specific errors are not detected </ins>by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this </ins>process<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. If an incoming asset is flagged as faulty, </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">validation log is emailed to the content creator who is attempting the upload.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Faulty content </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identified</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The validation process </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">updated on a regular basis to maintain parity with the current Trainz release</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This means that once an asset passes validation </ins>on the DLS<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, it should show as error-free on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">current </ins>version of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Trainz</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Trivial mistakes (eg. obvious typos and missing dependency information) will be silently fixed.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Auran will fix any remaining content where feasible.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Auran will remove from listing any content which cannot be fixed</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As a result of updated dependency information and faulty content removal, it may occur that various dependencies are missing from the Download Station. This scenario will be treated in a similar fashion to the content being faulty; meaning that Auran or the original content creator will update content such that it does not depend on any missing assets, or that the content will be removed from listing.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=Cleanup Process=</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is Auran's intention that the Download Station is fully cleaned. This is a long process, and while we are actively progressing towards this goal, it should be made clear that we do not have a specific completion date in mind. The repair process will involve the following steps:</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''''Discussion Items'''''</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Faulty DLS content is identified by our asset validation tools.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may </del>be <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">best </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">split </del>the DLS <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">between TS2009 assets and older assets</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This split would </del>be <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">transparent </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">users, and it would allow users </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">older Trainz versions to continue working completely unaffected by </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">updates while TS2009 users get </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">benefits of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">new changes. The disadvantage of this approach is that pre-TS2009 users do </del>not <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">get </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">benefit of a cleaner DLS</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">An attempt will </ins>be <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">made </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">contact any content creator who has faulty content on </ins>the DLS. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The content creator will </ins>be <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">given the option </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">provide a fixed version </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">content.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TS2009 </del>will <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">feature improved validity checking</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This means that attempts to upload TRS2006 </del>content <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which has passed TRS2006 validity checking may fail. One possible resolution here is </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">release </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CMP update </del>for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TRS2006 users</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Where we cannot make contact with </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">content creator within a reasonable timeframe, or where </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">content creator chooses </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to participate in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">repair process, we will flag the asset as needing independent review</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A list of content available for review </ins>will <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be published</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* A mechanism will be provided for any </ins>content <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">creator </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">supply </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">repaired version of content on the review list.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Content which remains on the review list </ins>for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an extended period may be removed from the DLS listing</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Auran will also seek to reduce the occurrence of missing dependencies in DLS content. It is expected that we will begin to tighten the upload criteria in this regard. We have not fully evaluated our options here - we do not wish to negatively impact the payware marketplace, for example - but it is clear that we are unhappy with the current situation.</ins></div></td></tr>
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