From kde-panel-devel  Fri Nov 26 21:36:52 2010
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:36:52 +0000
To: kde-panel-devel
Subject: Re: Location dataengine is broken
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On Friday, November 26, 2010, Vitor Boschi wrote:
> So I need answers for the following questions before fixing it:
> 1. Is that rate limit acceptable for the data engine? If it is not, we mu=
st

is that for all queries made with the same key? or from one IP using that k=
ey?=20
i assume it's all quieries made with the same key, which would be unfortuna=
te,=20
because if we have N*1000 users using things that require geolocation, we'r=
e=20
going to hit that limit quickly. for an individual user, it's no problem.

it looks like they are thinking that their API will be used by other websit=
es,=20
rather than by apps on devices.

another option would be to host our own geolocation db, using this:

http://www.ipinfodb.com/ip_database.php

we could host it on kde.org infrastructure, but would then need to provide =
our=20
own implementation of the web API in front of it.=20

a third option is too look elsewhere.

> 2. If so, who should get the api key? The e.v., the data engine maintaine=
r,
> me? They only request for name, email address and website(optional).

well, i suggest we register it for KDE e.V. and we'll let the board know we=
=20
have a gift for them, so that we can get what we have right now working.

=2D-=20
Aaron J. Seigo
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