[IDV #WUE-396619]: some webcams not updating

Hi Don,

I passed this off to Jen a while back (because, if I recall, it was not uniquely
old/out-of-date URL issue, but a problem on the web server, at least that it
what I was guessing). At the time she was swamped so I pinged her again, and she
thinks the problem is with the script (though when I tried to reproduce the
problem a while back I couldn't). I'm going to dig into it again since Jen 
thinks
the problem is on my side.

-Julien

> Have you found any more information on why some of these aren't
> updating?  It would be good to have the ones in Colorado updating for
> the current storm.
> 
> Also, I think it's Unidata's responsibility to keep these up to date,
> not mine.  I thought you already put this into version control:
> 
> https://github.com/Unidata/IDV/tree/master/src/ucar/unidata/idv/scripts
> 
> In this case, since the source images are okay and the problem is at
> Unidata, having version control wouldn't fix it, would it?
> 
> Don
> 
> On 10/23/15 3:02 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > I am still looking into this. I thought it was the usual problem of 
> > out-of-date
> > URLs (there is that problem too). But for some reason a handful of webcams
> > stopped updating on that June date. It is the actual file is that is not 
> > getting
> > updated. The URL appears to be fine. I believe I have ruled out permissions
> > problems on the web host and cannot reproduce the problem locally.  I'll 
> > keep
> > digging into next week.
> >
> > I may also revamp the way this is done so that I do not always have rely on 
> > Mike
> > and Jen's intervention (these files/scripts and even the logs are 
> > permission protected).
> > Also it would be nice if this were run out of version control such that you 
> > could
> > submit pull requests when webcams got out of date, and it would be 
> > incorporated
> > automatically, again avoid manual intervention and streamlining the process.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Unidata IDV Support
> >
> >> I was looking around at nation wide webcams and came across a few that
> >> stopped updating on June 15, 2015 (e.g. Madison, WI, Bridger Bowl, MT,
> >> but there were others).  It seemed odd that these stop on the same date.
> >>
> >> Others are updating fine (except for Eisenhower Tunnel).  Could you get
> >> these working again?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Don
> >> --
> >> Don Murray
> >> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
> >> 303-497-3596
> >> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: WUE-396619
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: WUE-396619
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open