diff --git a/doc/forum/initremote_type__61__web/comment_4_d128b2abef6cfdcac679aeff7a52d493._comment b/doc/forum/initremote_type__61__web/comment_4_d128b2abef6cfdcac679aeff7a52d493._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5e5bba36f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/initremote_type__61__web/comment_4_d128b2abef6cfdcac679aeff7a52d493._comment @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 4""" + date="2020-07-01T16:04:58Z" + content=""" +[[todo/generic_readonly_http_remote]] +"""]] diff --git a/doc/todo/generic_readonly_http_remote.mdwn b/doc/todo/generic_readonly_http_remote.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e19351d56f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/generic_readonly_http_remote.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Many special remotes can potentially end up exposed in public http. There +is not currently a way to access them over http, without adding per-remote +support (like S3 has). + +But generally the filenames used are the same, eg rsync and directory and +webdav and S3. Or if there are differences, they are generally small and +trying a couple of different urls is doable. + +And sameas allows for + +now. + +So, there could be a new special remote type, that allows generic readonly +access of other special remotes whose data stores are exposed via http. + +Call it "http" maybe. (There may be some confusion between this and the web +special remote by users looking for such a thing.) --[[Joey]]