Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:38:50 -0600 | From | Erik Andersen <> | Subject | Re: srfs - a new file system. |
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On Wed Oct 22, 2003 at 12:05:46PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:57:09 MDT, Erik Andersen said: > > > Suppose I install srfs on both my laptop and my server. I then > > move the CVS repository for my pet project onto the new srfs > > filesystem and I take off for the weekend with my laptop. Over > > the weekend I commit several changes to file X. Over the weekend > > my friend also commits several changes to file X. > > > > When I get home and plug in my laptop, presumably the caching > > daemon will try to stabalize the system by deciding which version > > of file X was changed last and replicating that latest version. > > Hey Larry - potential BitKeeper customer here. :)
Not so much a potential BitKeeper customer, as pointing out that the distributed filesystems prople are attacking the same fundamental problem as the distributed version control folks.
-Erik
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