On 2013-10-24 15:30, Kent Reed wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Michael Haberler <[email protected]>wrote: > >> src/emc has some 56 references to fields called 'heartbeat', but its >> unclear what the intent and semantics are - AFAICT the only using code is >> in xemc.cc where it is used for some kind of change detection. >> >> Any idea what that field was supposed to serve? it looks a bit like 'lets >> see whether this component is still alive, like executing cyclically', but >> it isnt used systematically >> >> >> > Ho Ho Ho. You obviously haven't watched the Historical Documents (what, you > haven't seen the movie Galaxy Quest? It's a hoot.). This sounded to me like > a vestigial bit of the RCS philosophy, so I downloaded and grep'ped through > rcslib-2013.06.26.tar.gz. > Easier to read. ;)
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