On Sunday 11 November 2001 19:02, you wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 05:49:05PM -0500, Gianni Johansson wrote: > > Until the DataStore bug is killed, it will be impossible to keep such a > > collection of nodes running, so I think that fixing it has to be the > > projects highest priority. It would be good if whatever is known about > > this bug could be dumped into the Wiki. I would be great if Tavin came > > through with a perfectly debugged DataStore implementation, but we > > shouldn't wait for him. One good side effect of an "all hands on deck" > > debugging session would be to get more eyes across this crucial component > > of the system. > > What makes the datastore so nasty to fix is that it's not a matter of > weeding the bugs out of a sufficient design.. there are just big > architectural holes that still need to be filled. I'm not trying > to discourage anyone from finding and fixing bugs in the current > system, but I'm totally convinced that any serious effort to make > it really robust will lead the designer down the same paths of > extensive re-designing that I've been down.
Could you sketch out the issues in the Wiki if you have time? http://www.freenetproject.org/wiki/index.php?Datastore%20Corruption -- Freesites (0.3) freenet:MSK at SSK@enI8YFo3gj8UVh-Au0HpKMftf6QQAgE/homepage// (0.4) freenet:SSK at npfV5XQijFkF6sXZvuO0o~kG4wEPAgM/homepage// _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
