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List:       intermezzo-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug report
From:       "Peter J. Braam" <braam () cs ! cmu ! edu>
Date:       2000-03-25 16:39:53
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Hi, 


> 
> Very clever to have this mode of operation. I expect I'll mostly use
> this kind of operation. The only thing that might be needed in some
> situations is a monitor that lets me view pending operations. Is there
> such a thing? In the example given, I'd like to have a chance to find
> out if I can start the Configure run on the client, can I?

Yes. It's not finished, but called "intercon"

> 
>  > We are working on a version of InterMezzo that does "fetch on demand"
>  > - this version will have read locks, more commonly known as AFS style
>  > callbacks (Coda uses these too).  When we have these accessing files
>  > and directories through ls/sh Configure etc would block.
> 
> Great, I expect you will allow both modes of operation some day. For
> many situations the cheaper variant will do, and sometimes you'd like
> the "fetch on demand" mode. Maybe one would like to switch between the
> two temporarily.
> 

For syncing mailfolders working per file is better.

- Peter -

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