sbool serverMechList_raw_fresh_verbose;

static S serverMechList_raw_fresh(S name) {
  ret serverMechList_raw_fresh(name, false);
}

static S serverMechList_raw_fresh(S name, bool opt) {
  lock downloadLock();
  /*if (serverMechList_raw_fresh_verbose)
    print("serverMechList_raw_fresh " + name);*/
  S text = null;
  pcall { text = loadTextFile(remoteMechListMirrorFile(name)); }
  O[] params = muricaCredentialsPlus(md5 := md5OrNull(text), l := l(text), opt := opt ? 1 : 0, withStatus := 1);
  S url = "http://butter.botcompany.de:8080/mech/raw/list-text/" + urlencode(name);
  S page = postPageSilently(url, params);
  Map map = jsonDecodeMap(page);
  bool same = eq(map.get("Same"), true);
  bool appended = eq(map.get("Appended"), true);
  saveTextFile(remoteMechListMirrorMetaFile(name), struct(getMultipleKeys(map, "Name", "Status")));
  if (!same) {
    if (appended) text += (S) map.get("Text");
    else text = (S) map.get("Text");
    saveTextFile(remoteMechListMirrorFile(name), text);
    File nameFile = remoteMechListMirrorNameFile(name);
    if (!fileExists(nameFile)) {
      S actualName = or((S) map.get("Name"), name);
      saveTextFile(nameFile, actualName);
    }
  }
  if (serverMechList_raw_fresh_verbose)
    print("Mech list " + name + ": " + (appended ? "appended" : same ? "same" : "downloaded") + ": " + n2(countLines(text), "line"));
  if (!same) vmBus_send('remoteMechListMirrorChanged, name);
  ret text;
}

Began life as a copy of #1014030