Patrick Ohly wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 18:13 +0000, Frederik Elwert wrote:
>> Since I’m currently moving Genesis from commandline usage to D-Bus
>> communication (sync/reports done, configuration coming next), I’d like
>> to know how automatic sync can be used via D-Bus. After a quick look, I
>> didn’t find it in the docs (but maybe I was looking at the wrong
>> places).
> 
> It's enabled by setting the following sync properties, then starting the
> syncevo-dbus-server, or setting them via D-Bus directly. Directly
> editing config files while the D-Bus server is running is a loophole -
> the server will not detect that (could be added, of course).

Apropos... I was thinking how to solve the problem QA reported: that
autosync works like a black box: you just turn it on and have no idea if
it's working or when it's going to work.

I liked the idea of showing "last synced an hour ago, syncing again in
30 minutes" to solve this the best. Looking at the server code, it
doesn't seem like I can make that sort of estimates though (not without
additional information). Or maybe I can, if I show something more vague
when it seems that a autosync time would be close: "...syncing again soon"?

Any other bright ideas? Some already presented were:
 * show the interval in UI: this is ok, but doesn't really fill me
   (the user) with confidence that something is happening
 * mention the sync method in the last-synced message:
   "Last synced an hour ago (automatic sync)": This still doesn't
   work right after I enable autosync...

 - Jussi
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