Some portals broken, apparently trying to load wrong rotonde.js
dcposch opened this issue · comments
Beaker version: 0.7.7
some portals are broken
example: ~kow, dat://3c14fc1b3ead41e4207a2e80c891cf4868fcf8fd007ac952f16b2bd262e0e51e/
when i visit the URL above, Beaker hangs for a long time, then I see the following error
the dat itself is loading correctly--but once loaded, it tries to fetch Rotonde from the following URL, which doesn't work:
dat://87c5086498a8194c6180df9defaf4977bd5e1cc4e0343c520ea7fec8f974b21d/rotonde.js
loading that by itself:
possible fix
it looks like the correct URL for the latest version of Rotonde is dat://2714774d6c464dd12d5f8533e28ffafd79eec23ab20990b5ac14de940680a6fe/rotonde.js
unclear why some portals are linking to that other, broken one--but if someone still has the corresponding private key, maybe mirror dat://2714774d6c464dd12d5f8533e28ffafd79eec23ab20990b5ac14de940680a6fe/ over to dat://87c5086498a8194c6180df9defaf4977bd5e1cc4e0343c520ea7fec8f974b21d to fix those portals ?
It is common practice to use a self-owned dat of rotonde-client to be able to work on it.
I can reach dat://87c5086498a8194c6180df9defaf4977bd5e1cc4e0343c520ea7fec8f974b21d just fine! It appears to be a fork of rotonde-client 0.1.68. there were probably no seeds when you tried.
that makes sense. i'm running my own version of rotonde-client as well (but i'm replicating it on a server, so that my Rotonde feed always stays available).
it's a bad user experience for profile links to randomly hang and fail to resolve
also, loading a new rotonde instance from scratch is sloooww, even on my fast internet--so even when a profile link does work, it's not quick
idea ~ follow profile links without a page refresh
in other words, if i'm on my own Rotonde ( dat://rotonde-dcposch.hashbash.io ) and i follow a link, instead of going to dat://3c14fc1..., the link would go to dat://rotonde-dcposch.hashbash.io/#feed/3c14fc1...
that way, we could probably show ~kow's posts almost instantly & regardless of whether his fork of rotonde-client is currently available
(this would solve other problems, as well. i'd be seeing his feed from my own perspective rather than from his perspective--so we could show eg a Follow button, like Twitter)
fb6dccd changes the behavior when clicking on someone's name / icon. Instead of opening their portal page, Rotonde now displays their posts on your page.
I assume this solves the issue :)