Just an idea - Package management

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  1. jorge salgueiro

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    Your rfmod package is a great step in the right direction, but I think that there is a great potencial here to explore. Why not to imitate linux distribution and have a complete package management system. Many of them have few resources and still have a complex infrastructure with:

    Software repositories (In your case mod repositories). Players could add repositories. Leagues could create repositories and in fact have a better control of mods.

    Verifying file checksums to ensure correct and complete packages. (that ISI already have)
    Verifying digital signatures to authenticate the origin of packages. (idem)
    Managing dependencies to ensure a package is installed with all packages it requires.
    Delta packaging, downloading only the needed bits from server.

    The problem is for this to work has well as in Linux, ISI would need mirror servers, or a bit torrent system. Or even the game it self could be a torrent program that would turn off "torrenting" while racing and on while offline racing.
     

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