Essentially there are some design flaws with bucket shadowing that makes it a less than ideal approach, and so the plan is to slowly deprecate it.
Having said that, a number of users are depending on it so it will be supported for a long time. On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Jeremy Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > At the URL located at > http://developer.couchbase.com/mobile/develop/guides/sync-gateway/wcbs/bucket-shadowing/index.html > > The following statement is made: > > Note:Bucket shadowing is meant to enable sync for existing Couchbase > Server apps. If you are creating a new app with both mobile and web > clients, we recommend starting with the Sync Gateway REST APIs > <http://developer.couchbase.com/mobile/develop/references/couchbase-lite/rest-api/index.html>, > and connecting backend services using the Changes Worker Pattern > <http://developer.couchbase.com/mobile/develop/guides/sync-gateway/changes-worker/pattern/index.html#pattern> > . > > Can any of the couchbase people speak to the roadmap concerning bucket > shadowing? I thought i had seen indications of making sync gateway more of > a bridge to an existing couchbase bucket and fixing the bit of weirdness > that is "bucket shadowing". > > Now it seems that you're recommending people to not use bucket shadowing > at all. > > Our app makes extensive use of bucket shadowing and to see that your > future direction is to use the restful API or changes pattern is a bit > disconcerting. > > Thanks, > Jeremy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Couchbase Mobile" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mobile-couchbase/CAN8S9i%2BkxZDHYjAgMY1JUcOc-uysrXhWJ3DFbsQTffjyGBEUsA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mobile-couchbase/CAN8S9i%2BkxZDHYjAgMY1JUcOc-uysrXhWJ3DFbsQTffjyGBEUsA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Couchbase Mobile" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mobile-couchbase/CACSSHCGrPog9RXryzB8FWoKS0J8zhv3sqiwyhytxwCOjuD0guw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
