I said I'm no software developer, but if the app itself checked current clock
locally before uploading content, it could attach the current time to the
information. That way, assuming all the devices have a valid and reliable time,
the cloud itself could figure things out automatically.
Thanks
The problem would be with guaranteeing that all clocks had a valid and
reliable time to a very high degree of accuracy.
One thing that could be done, perhaps, is to provide a setting to allow the
user to decide whether to trust timestamps. If yes, then the computer
handles conflict resolution
Hi Trish and Marc. I will admit that I have done coding in my life. This
clock issue has been solved. It’s not necessary that any of the clocks in
the system be set correctly, only that none of them are gaining or losing
time quickly enough to be noticeable. What happens is that whenever a client
Hi, Marc. There are a number of scenarios in which relying on the latest
timestamp does not work. Three that come quickly to mind are (1) Today’s
changes to yesterday’s task, (2) you are both right, and (3) trickle down.
Today’s changes to yesterday’s task
I have a task that repeats daily.
Basing the timestamp on the time of transmission requires reliance on the
false assumption that all devices making the change are online and
transmitting all the time.
For example:
I'm on a plane with my phone and my tablet. Both are properly offline for
the flight. I make a change to my data
I may have been unclear, I am not proposing that latest transmission time
wins. I agree with you that transmission time alone would give bad results.
Specifically I am proposing an adjusted timestamp which is {client's local
time of edit} minus {client's local time of transmission} plus
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Hi, Marc. There are a
: dijous, 18 / octubre / 2012 04:56
Per a: mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com
Tema: RE: [MLO] MLO's cloud sync management of conflicting data
Hi, Kitus. As you mention, it would be great if sync conflicts could be
figured out and resolved by the software. I guess the issue would be, how
far
Hello,
I was wondering, can't the cloudsync handle conflicting data autonomously?
why do I have to be prompted when the same action has been updated from
different devices? I really don't like having to step off my train of
thoughts and think whether A or B is correct. I really think that
other tools that do it -
which ones do you think get it really right??
-Dwight
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