[Sugar-devel] On datastore object IDs

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 19:20, Martin Langhoff<martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Benjamin M.
> Schwartz<bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>> We've been talking a lot about how datastore version 3 (?) should be
>> structured.  I'd like to propose (purely to initiate discussion) that it
>> be structured as follows:
>
> Slightly OT: Sascha mentioned a plan in the git list of using git as a
> backend. I pointed out a few (serious IMHO) limitations in git.

Even if git is not appropriate, I have found the following doc about
git's design very useful in clarifying some aspects of versioned data
repositories:

http://www.newartisans.com/2008/04/git-from-the-bottom-up.html

Regards,

Tomeu

> My general comment is:
>
>  - apps will want to work on files larger than memory
>  - apps will want to mmap files
>  - apps will want to create/edit multi-file projects (ie: creating websites)
>
> those are complex constraints, but should be considered.
>
> </ot>
>
> cheers,
>
>
> martin
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