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On 5 February 2011 09:21, Ikai Lan (Google) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Background
> servers refers to a *different*, awesome feature we are working on, not 10
> minute offline tasks.
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> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:20 PM, supercobra <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> +1 for updating the roadmap.
>>
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>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:16 PM, James Broberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Slightly OT but the roadmap could sure do with an update. A couple of
>> > those "Features on Deck" are already in the current SDK.
>> >
>> > On 4 February 2011 07:55, Ikai Lan (Google) <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >> In general, we don't make comments on upcoming features. You are
>> >> welcome to
>> >> check the roadmap for updates:
>> >> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html
>> >> While we're planning Channel API improvements, have you looked into
>> >> providers such as beaconpush.com or pubnub.com? If there's a product
>> >> you are
>> >> looking to build, you should take a pragmatic approach and look into
>> >> what'll
>> >> work instead of being blocked waiting on features that need to be
>> >> implemented.
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Peter Petrov <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Today there was a GAE SDK 1.4.2 prerelease. I was quite disappointed
>> >>> that
>> >>> it had no Channel API related updates/improvements in the release
>> >>> notes.
>> >>> Since there is also no official roadmap announced for the Channel API,
>> >>> can
>> >>> we get some unofficial update about the features and improvements
>> >>> coming in
>> >>> the near/distant future?
>> >>>
>> >>> Here is a short wishlist from me:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1. Batch send method (efficiently fan-out one message to a potentially
>> >>> large number of channels). Moishe said this was planned some time ago.
>> >>>
>> >>> 2. Channel presence (connect/disconnect notifications to the
>> >>> application).
>> >>> This is also being worked on according to Moishe.
>> >>>
>> >>> 3. Charge CPU on channel disconnect time, instead of token creation
>> >>> time.
>> >>> This would allow us to pay for the actual usage, instead of the
>> >>> current
>> >>> fixed 2-hour tokens, which require us to implement complex and
>> >>> imperfect
>> >>> token reuse schemes. Hopefully this shouldn't be too hard to implement
>> >>> given
>> >>> that you are already working on disconnect notifications.
>> >>>
>> >>> 4. Direct access to the lower Channel API layers for non-browser based
>> >>> clients, bypassing the JavaScript long-polling Comet layer. E.g.
>> >>> something
>> >>> like allowing a client to connect via XMPP to
>> >>> [email protected]
>> >>> using the channel_token as password.
>> >>>
>> >>> Any status updates regarding these or other planned improvements would
>> >>> be
>> >>> appreciated. Thanks!
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