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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:55:23 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] source browsing via http is back
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> > i'm still not following why replica won't work?  getting in underneath
> > the fs seems to require some extra justification and it seems to require
> > some very low-level modifications.  and yet the file interface provides
> > what i think one would need for such a project.  what is wrong with
> > replica that can't be reasonably fixed?
>
> 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 :-(

the replica logs are already generated and already required
for existing functionality — pull — to work.

- erik