i will once i find a device that can do it. in the meantime can we fix jira so it can accept again the responses by mails? This is now on my priority list.
benoit On Nov 5, 2012 10:32 AM, "Robert Newson" <rnew...@apache.org> wrote: > please reply on the ticket. > > > On 5 November 2012 09:27, Benoit Chesneau <bchesn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Nov 5, 2012 10:25 AM, "Robert Newson (JIRA)" <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > [ > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1259?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13490527#comment-13490527 > > ] > > > > > > Robert Newson commented on COUCHDB-1259: > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > Benoit, are you vetoing this change? If so, please include a reason why > > improving the hit rate for replication checkpoints should not be included > > in our next release. > > > > how does it improve the hit rate? how is it related to this ticket? > > > > > > Everyone else, please comment on the patch itself, I want feedback on > 1) > > the quality and correctness of the patch and 2) whether, when using UUID, > > whether it is correct to use UUID instead of the {Scheme, UserInfo, UUID, > > Path} tuple that I've chosen as I would prefer to simply use the UUID if > > it's correct to do so for clarity. > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/35 > > > > > > > > > > Replication ID is not stable if local server has a dynamic port > number > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Key: COUCHDB-1259 > > > > URL: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1259 > > > > Project: CouchDB > > > > Issue Type: Bug > > > > Components: Replication > > > > Affects Versions: 1.1 > > > > Reporter: Jens Alfke > > > > Assignee: Robert Newson > > > > Priority: Blocker > > > > Fix For: 1.3 > > > > > > > > Attachments: couchdb-1259.patch, couchdb-1259.patch > > > > > > > > > > > > I noticed that when Couchbase Mobile running on iOS replicates > to/from > > a remote server (on iriscouch in this case), the replication has to fetch > > the full _changes feed every time it starts. Filipe helped me track down > > the problem -- the replication ID is coming out different every time. The > > reason for this is that the local port number, which is one of the inputs > > to the hash that generates the replication ID, is randomly assigned by > the > > OS. (I.e. it uses a port number of 0 when opening its listener socket.) > > This is because there could be multiple apps using Couchbase Mobile > running > > on the same device and we can't have their ports colliding. > > > > The underlying problem is that CouchDB is attempting to generate a > > unique ID for a particular pair of {source, destination} databases, but > > it's basing it on attributes that aren't fundamental to the database and > > can change, like the hostname or port number. > > > > One solution, proposed by Filipe and me, is to assign each database > (or > > each server?) a random UUID when it's created, and use that to generate > > replication IDs. > > > > Another solution, proposed by Damien, is to have CouchDB let the > client > > work out the replication ID on its own, and set it as a property in the > > replication document (or the JSON body of a _replicate request.) This is > > even more flexible and will handle tricky scenarios like full P2P > > replication where there may be no low-level way to uniquely identify the > > remote database being synced with. > > > > > > -- > > > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > > > If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA > > administrators > > > For more information on JIRA, see: > > http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > > >
