[notmuch] an other ready-to-use store option for notmuch : CouchDB

2010-03-02 Thread Jed Brown
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:26:10 +0100, Paul R wrote: > CouchDB databases can be replicated and synced in both directions. > Conflicts are lazily handled. I've wondered about this. An interesting property would be lack of a global lock, which is one of the reasons why people are either not having

[notmuch] an other ready-to-use store option for notmuch : CouchDB

2010-03-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul R [2010.03.02.1626 +0100]: > CouchDB databases can be replicated and synced in both directions. > Conflicts are lazily handled. What does this mean? -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ fitter, healthier, more productive like a pig, in a cage, on

[notmuch] an other ready-to-use store option for notmuch : CouchDB

2010-03-02 Thread Paul R
Hi, couchDB is a document-oriented database. It stores documents, IOW key-value pairs, under a unique ID. These documents are retrieved through views and queries. A mail with some tags and some mime parts is a perfect exemple of what couchdb call a "document". CouchDB databases can be replicated

[notmuch] an other ready-to-use store option for notmuch : CouchDB

2010-03-02 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:43:10 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Paul R [2010.03.02.1626 +0100]: > > CouchDB databases can be replicated and synced in both directions. > > Conflicts are lazily handled. > > What does this mean? Couch has deterministic conflict resolution between the two

Re: [notmuch] an other ready-to-use store option for notmuch : CouchDB

2010-03-02 Thread Jed Brown
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:26:10 +0100, Paul R paul.r...@gmail.com wrote: CouchDB databases can be replicated and synced in both directions. Conflicts are lazily handled. I've wondered about this. An interesting property would be lack of a global lock, which is one of the reasons why people are

Re: [notmuch] an other ready-to-use store option for notmuch : CouchDB

2010-03-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul R paul.r...@gmail.com [2010.03.02.1626 +0100]: CouchDB databases can be replicated and synced in both directions. Conflicts are lazily handled. What does this mean? -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ fitter, healthier, more productive like a pig, in a

Re: [notmuch] an other ready-to-use store option for notmuch : CouchDB

2010-03-02 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:43:10 +0100, martin f krafft madd...@madduck.net wrote: also sprach Paul R paul.r...@gmail.com [2010.03.02.1626 +0100]: CouchDB databases can be replicated and synced in both directions. Conflicts are lazily handled. What does this mean? Couch has deterministic