On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Joshua N Pritikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 12:10:07PM -0600, Jameson Chema Quinn wrote: >> To be more clear about this use case: I think that there should definitely >> be a way for the onboard datastore to store the metadata for an absent file, >> with hints about what place(s) to find that file (networked backup, sd >> cards, usb devices) and how to recognize it when you do. This should include >> the possibility for offloading old intermediate versions. Then, even when >> you do not have access to the backup storage, you can see what you are >> missing. This makes the result of suddenly yanking the SD card out more >> well-defined (assuming no filesystem corruption), and means you do not ever >> have to merge/separate two indexes (there is just one index). > > I was surprised to read this. My opinion is that the index should only > include files which are available on local storage. Otherwise the index > can fill up with broken links, and it will be difficult to explain why > the broken links don't work. Access to backups is a good idea, but not > via such a by-default mechanism.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpcfs#Absent_content_and_merging_remote_stores --scott -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
