On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 12:53 +0100, Markus Schiltknecht wrote: > > I think the approach of only using slashes in the path of an URL is > > mostly used to obscur the structure of a web application. > > I disagree, but I guess that's a matter of taste. I just happen to like > RESTful APIs (which are not just about the syntax of the URL, but > involve usage of GET/PUT/DELETE http commands). > > In our case, however, it's about supporting dumb servers, which cannot > really handle URLs with parameters.
push/pull/sync are not GET/PUT/DELETE operations, they need a lot of negotiation to find out what to send. They cannot be directly supported by dumb servers, you need a smart client with the necessary logic to break them down into simpler parts. Simple URLs to specify what to sync against are very convenient, but why should they be force-fit into a scheme which is not designed for that sort of interactive operation? _______________________________________________ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
