Version support for datastore/Proposal: Difference between revisions
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* Work hours: about 12h to 00h local time, i.e. 10h to 22h UTC | * Work hours: about 12h to 00h local time, i.e. 10h to 22h UTC | ||
* Open source projects (with other developers beside me) I participated in: [http://husky.sourceforge.net/ Husky (Fidonet on Linux)] (many years ago, co-founded the project; my profile on that page is rather outdated), [http://www.openstreetmap.org OSM], contributed bug reports and patches to a large number of projects. Try a web search on my name, it's unique (AFAIK at least). | * Open source projects (with other developers beside me) I participated in: [http://husky.sourceforge.net/ Husky (Fidonet on Linux)] (many years ago, co-founded the project; my profile on that page is rather outdated), [http://www.openstreetmap.org OSM], contributed bug reports and patches to a large number of projects. Try a web search on my name, it's unique (AFAIK at least). | ||
* Current affiliation with SugarLabs: maintainer of the [[ | * Current affiliation with SugarLabs: maintainer of the [[Development Team/Buildbot|build infrastructure]] | ||
==About my project== | ==About my project== | ||
* Name of project: Version support for [[ | * Name of project: Version support for [[Development Team/DatastoreRewrite|data store]] / [[Design_Team/Designs/Journal|Journal]] | ||
* Technologies used: The ones currently in use by the data store / journal. The bonus part might introduce additional ones (e.g. sqlite) for indexing. | * Technologies used: The ones currently in use by the data store / journal. The bonus part might introduce additional ones (e.g. sqlite) for indexing. | ||
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[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience#Implicit_Versioning_System was part of] the | [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience#Implicit_Versioning_System was part of] the | ||
[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience#The_Journal original design concept] | [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience#The_Journal original design concept] | ||
for the Journal, but [[ | for the Journal, but [[Development Team/DatastoreRewrite#Versioned_entries_.28not_fulfilled_yet.29|hasn't been finished yet]]. | ||
There are several prototypes ([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpcfs Olpcfs], [http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/cscott/olpcfs2/ olpcfs2]) | There are several prototypes ([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpcfs Olpcfs], [http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/cscott/olpcfs2/ olpcfs2]) | ||
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For this reason, I don't believe that any of these prototypes will mature enough to get integrated | For this reason, I don't believe that any of these prototypes will mature enough to get integrated | ||
in Sugar even mid-term. My project focusses on the version support instead, enhancing the | in Sugar even mid-term. My project focusses on the version support instead, enhancing the | ||
[[ | [[Development Team/DatastoreRewrite|current data store]] instead of replacing it, with the Journal as the only | ||
intended user of the versioning API (though, at least in theory, regular activities could access it as well). | intended user of the versioning API (though, at least in theory, regular activities could access it as well). | ||
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I'm skipping the screenshot of the simple text replacement task for time reasons. I guess being the maintainer of the | I'm skipping the screenshot of the simple text replacement task for time reasons. I guess being the maintainer of the | ||
[[ | [[Development Team/Buildbot|build infrastructure]] and having committed several patches on the bugtracker should be | ||
sufficient substitute. :) | sufficient substitute. :) | ||