On 04/16/2014 06:19 PM, Geoffroy Couprie wrote: > A git-like scheme with an elected master could make the transcript totally > ordered. Basically, all the peers would receive the messages and still keep > them in an unstaged area, partially ordered so still useful for the UI. > Then the master would chime in and provide the definite message order, > kind of like a merge in git. The peers then reorder their transcript > accordingly.
a merge in git does not produce a total order; i don't think this
proposal will work the way you think.
I don't think a partial order is a bad thing, though. a partial order
reflects the actual state of a distributed conversation; there's a
reason that mail user agents have traditionally offered a threaded view.
--dkg
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