On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 7:38:48 AM UTC-5, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > The backup feature could probably be better described as a complete > version history. I can disable e-tags if someone is using backups and they > won't lose anything. >
I don't know the detail, unfortunately, but if disabling e-tags is in essence what I was asking you for, that's the option I (personally) would prefer. > > The other option is to add a setting that would allow you to set a time > window within which an e-tag is valid. So if most of your e-tags are off by > one second, you can set a window of five seconds and a request with an Etag > that is within 5 seconds of the modified time will get saved. > There's a difference between backing up a TW when it is first opened from disk and backing up on a save-by-save basis. I'm assuming we're talking about the former, not the latter. The former is what I assume you mean by "version history". I already have that in place and don't see any need to change it, though I maybe would if I felt the need -- can't imagine what that need might be though. As regards the time window... any code that takes a "best guess" at the appropriate period of time is likely to suffer from distrust. Also, I have some wikis that are open for weeks and many others that are transient throughout a single day. Some are modified a lot, others rarely. I just don't know what time period I'd pick. And then I'd always wonder if my next save was going to suffer a 412 because I'd chosen a poor "best guess" period. Hence, distrust. Really, honestly, I'd prefer no time checking at all. Then, as I said above, TS would become usable (and, trustworthy). > > On Oct 26, 2017 2:25 PM, "@TiddlyTweeter" <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > The whole question of backup in TW is something that has interested me > from when I started. > > I have formed an OPINION on it. > > (1) its nice when it can be made to work seamlessly from within TW. A > plus--but not a necessity. I'd rather programmers didn't struggle over it > though. I'd rather they paid central attention to keeping TW up and > running--something only they can do. > > (2) backup is very appropriately handled by Backup Programs. The good ones > give multiple options that far exceed anything TW can do because they are > dedicated to that one task. > > Best wishes > Josiah > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7127d415-6d48-484f-86bb-2386c25aa2b7%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7127d415-6d48-484f-86bb-2386c25aa2b7%40googlegroups.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 "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/808db2e3-7d3c-4a6c-ab06-884ac6dd1bd9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
