[Box Backup-dev] Current status

[Ben Summers]

On 13 Dec 2005, at 21:04, Gary wrote:

> Ben, Chris,
>
>>> * Nick's other modifications are still to go in:
>>> 	keep-alive
>>
>> This is one of Gary's, I think.
>
> Yes, this one was mine

Sorry, I got a bit confused.

> (Nick made a modified Win32 version out of it, I
> think), but it depends on:
>
> 1.) Whether the -chromi fast diffing patch will include simultaneous
> diff/upload (in which case KeepAlive is pointless).

It doesn't at the moment, and won't in the next release.

>
> 2.) Whether the current diffing code will include an option to add  
> more
> "observers" (interruptions) in different time frames (so far
> MaximumDiffingTime is the only one) in the main trunk.

Could we use a signal or something to throw an exception, and avoid  
the whole polling thing?

>
>>> * All non-Win32 originating contributions are now in trunk.
>>
>> I think Gary's patches are not in yet.
>
> We got the StoreObjectInfoFile stuff left (we can forget Unlimited
> MaximumDiffingTime, to keep things simple). But, I will need a fully
> working new trunk to produce a new clean StoreObjectInfoFile patch and
> test the heck out of it under RedHat/Cygwin combo.

That would be great. Sorry to forget about all your hard work. I'd  
like to get both into the next release, and a nice clean diff from  
trunk would make things easy to review and include.

Thanks.

Ben