> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:10:27 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PubSub] versioning
>
> On 11/22/09 12:31 PM, Robin Collier wrote:
>
> >> Quite simple... what happens if you publish 2 items in one second? or
> >> one millisecond? or whatever accuracy you take it down to?
> >>
> >
> > Give them both the same timestamp. I fail to see what the issue is
> > since the timestamps do not have to be unique for each item. That is
> > what the itemId is for. The only exception to this case is when the
> > item published has the same itemId within whatever degree of accuracy
> > you are using. Then you can simply increment the timestamp by 1.
>
> I think this is an implementation issue. The spec says that the 'ver' is
> opaque to the client but MAY have meaning to the server. If in your case
> you use timestamps or modtime, so be it. Keep them unique in your code
> and deploy away. That will be fully within the spec, but others might
> use different methods for generating the version numbers.
>
Yes, I realized that, but I was just trying to dispel what I thought was
an invalid argument against the original proposal, which seems to have
been accepted as a valid issue.
Of course it all seems for naught at this point, since it appears the anti
timestampers have won out on this issue. I did raise an issue with how
versioning is currently defined which I am guessing you have yet to
read/address.
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Saint-Andre
> https://stpeter.im/
>
>
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