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From: "Roman V. Shaposhnik" <rvs@sun.com>
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] source browsing via http is back
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On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 16:55 -0500, erik quanstrom wrote:
> > > i'm still not following why replica won't work?  getting in underne=
ath
> > > the fs seems to require some extra justification and it seems to re=
quire
> > > some very low-level modifications.  and yet the file interface prov=
ides
> > > what i think one would need for such a project.  what is wrong with
> > > replica that can't be reasonably fixed?
> >=20
> > since replica requires some (albeit automatic) periodic work on the
> > server end it means that there's one more thing for bell lab folks
> > to care about and maintain. that said, a brand new Venti proxy or
> > what not will probably be even worse for them :-(
>=20
> the replica logs are already generated and already required
> for existing functionality =E2=80=94 pull =E2=80=94 to work.

What do you mean "they are already generated"? The script(s) try to
generate them. When they fail they need a manual intervention.
That was my entire point.

Thanks,
Roman.