That is the same conclusion I reached from looking at it when it was first mentioned on this list.
This has the advantage of being quick for a one-time feature, but loses the flexibility of processing all the raw deltas instead. On Dec 14, 2011 3:24 PM, "Thomas Leonard" <[email protected]> wrote: > It appears that Walkaround takes a snapshot and imports that, rather than > processing the deltas, if I'm reading it correctly. > > > On 2011-12-13 17:39, Yuri Z wrote: > >> You look how Walkaround handles the import. For example >> http://code.google.com/p/**walkaround/source/browse/src/** >> com/google/walkaround/wave/**server/googleimport/**conversion/** >> WaveletHistoryConverter.java<http://code.google.com/p/walkaround/source/browse/src/com/google/walkaround/wave/server/googleimport/conversion/WaveletHistoryConverter.java> >> and other classed in the package/package above >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Thomas Leonard< >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ali, >>> >>> Thanks for the offer but, like you, I can get the data out of >>> wave.google.com easily enough already (using [1]). The problem is >>> getting >>> it into WIAB. ParseRawDelta prints it, but it's not obvious what to do >>> with >>> it next. >>> >>> [1] >>> http://www.waveprotocol.org/****wave-apis/google-wave-data-**<http://www.waveprotocol.org/**wave-apis/google-wave-data-**> >>> api/raw-deltas-export<http://**www.waveprotocol.org/wave-** >>> apis/google-wave-data-api/raw-**deltas-export<http://www.waveprotocol.org/wave-apis/google-wave-data-api/raw-deltas-export> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2011-12-07 20:12, Ali Lown wrote: >>> >>> I have an instance running at http://wiabexport.appspot.com which I >>>> wrote a while ago. This uses the python interface to pull out the >>>> wavelet raw deltas and offers them for download to you. >>>> >>>> I never finished a script to convert to the delta/index file format >>>> used by WIAB - due to the lack of documentation at the time. >>>> >>>> So if you want to pull the raw data out take a look into this tool, >>>> but then we still need to write a tool to put them into a running WIAB >>>> server. >>>> >>>> Ali >>>> >>>> On 7 December 2011 16:52, Yuri Z<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I would advice to import them to a Walkaround instance just to be sure >>>>> your >>>>> waves are safe. >>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Thomas Leonard< >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Is an import feature likely to appear before wave.google.com becomes >>>>> >>>>>> read-only? Import to Walkaround seems to work (though it would take a >>>>>> long >>>>>> time to import all our waves by clicking all the import buttons), but >>>>>> we'd >>>>>> prefer to import into a local WIAB instance, if possible. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2011-05-18 20:51, Yuri Z wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Google Wave Data API was modified to allow to request the whole >>>>>> >>>>>>> history of >>>>>>> the wave - which in effect allows to "import" it. But AFAIK no one is >>>>>>> working on a tool that would actually import the history into WIAB >>>>>>> deltas >>>>>>> store. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2011/5/18 Ali Lown<[email protected]> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On the old waveprotocol site task list, this is still listed as >>>>>>> waiting >>>>>>> >>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> google to implement export. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Export has now been available for a while for waves, has any >>>>>>>> progress >>>>>>>> been >>>>>>>> made on importing them? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The HTML option, actually provides the data in a JSON form, is there >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> parser for this already in the code base? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ali >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>> Dr Thomas Leonard >>>>>> IT Innovation Centre >>>>>> Gamma House, Enterprise Road, >>>>>> Southampton SO16 7NS, UK >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> tel: +44 23 8059 8866 >>>>>> >>>>>> mailto:tal@it-innovation.****sot**on.ac.uk<http://soton.ac.**uk<http://soton.ac.uk> >>>>>> >< >>>>>> tal@it-innovation.**soton.ac.**uk <http://soton.ac.uk>< >>>>>> [email protected].**uk <[email protected]>>> >>>>>> http://www.it-innovation.****sot**on.ac.uk/<http://soton.**ac.uk/<http://soton.ac.uk/> >>>>>> >< >>>>>> http://www.it-**innovation.**soton.ac.uk/<http://innovation.soton.ac.uk/> >>>>>> <http://www.it-**innovation.soton.ac.uk/<http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/> >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>> Dr Thomas Leonard >>> IT Innovation Centre >>> Gamma House, Enterprise Road, >>> Southampton SO16 7NS, UK >>> >>> >>> tel: +44 23 8059 8866 >>> >>> mailto:tal@it-innovation.**sot**on.ac.uk <http://soton.ac.uk>< >>> tal@it-innovation.**soton.ac.uk <[email protected]>> >>> http://www.it-innovation.**sot**on.ac.uk/ <http://soton.ac.uk/>< >>> http://www.it-**innovation.soton.ac.uk/<http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/> >>> > >>> >>> >> > -- > Dr Thomas Leonard > IT Innovation Centre > Gamma House, Enterprise Road, > Southampton SO16 7NS, UK > > > tel: +44 23 8059 8866 > > mailto:tal@it-innovation.**soton.ac.uk <[email protected]> > http://www.it-innovation.**soton.ac.uk/<http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/> >
