Is there an rsync protocol specification to refer to (in a normative
or non-normative manner)? I see a presentation about the protocol,
and a one-page description with some BNF defining 'delta', but
nothing else.
Cheers,
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:54:34PM +1100, Neale Banks wrote:
>
> Submission to the IETF and IESG regarding "Delta encoding in HTTP
> <draft-mogul-http-delta-07.txt>" as a Proposed Standard.
>
> In relation to this Internet-Draft I have a concern regarding its
> acceptance as a Proposed Standard in its current form, due to a
> significant omission.
>
> This Internet-Draft includes section 1.1 titled "Related research
> and proposals". However this section completely fails to acknowledge
> the existence of the rproxy project[1]. Nor is rproxy refered to
> anywhere else in the current draft. It is my humble opinion that
> this omission renders this Internet-Draft critically incomplete.
> This section could also benefit from a reference to rsync[2].
>
> I in no way submit that the technical proposals of Mogul et al are
> inferior to rproxy, but rather that these two approach similar (if not
> the same) challenges with contrasting solutions. It is from this
> point of view that I submit that the current draft is critically
> incomplete insomuch as includes a section "Related research and
> proposals" which makes no apparent qualification of incompleteness.
>
> Whilst there may be grounds to allege that rproxy is still a
> work-in-progress, it is a project which has a sound foundation -
> "The rproxy algorithm is based on the well-known and trustworthy
> rsync software by Andrew Tridgell." [1],[2]
>
> Having discussed this matter with the one of the rproxy developers[3],
> I am sure that the contributors to rproxy would be agreeable to
> providing some assistance with including an appropriate reference in
> this Internet-Draft.
>
> Yours Sincerely,
> Neale Banks.
> Fri, 9 Feb 2001
>
> References:
>
> [1] rproxy: http://www.linuxcare.com.au/rproxy
>
> [2] rsync: http://rsync.samba.org/
>
> [3] Conversation with Martin Pool at linux.conf.au, January 2001
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