From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/87075 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus-sync work Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:38:16 +0200 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: References: <87twzdc86f.fsf@building.gnus.org> <8761bhzz0f.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878ugdxpuc.fsf@lifelogs.com> <86twv7p7nu.fsf_-_@dod.no> <86r3pnciof.fsf_-_@dod.no> <87io0y4bw4.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <87lh3439r6.fsf@dod.no> <87bn3vs1tb.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1464759546 28943 80.91.229.3 (1 Jun 2016 05:39:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 05:39:06 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M35296@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jun 01 07:38:54 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b7yrl-000459-Qb for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:38:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b7yqz-0005W5-DR; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b7yqx-0005Va-88 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:38:03 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b7yqv-0004aM-D7 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:38:03 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1b7yqu-0002RK-06 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:38:00 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b7yqs-0003Vq-EN for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:37:58 +0200 Original-Received: from cm-84.211.241.232.getinternet.no ([84.211.241.232]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:37:58 +0200 Original-Received: from sb by cm-84.211.241.232.getinternet.no with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:37:58 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cm-84.211.241.232.getinternet.no Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/24.4 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:OGh7Ynw+UJ/wW6WMi/lLKlwhHYQ= X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:87075 Archived-At: >>>>> Dave Abrahams : > on Tue May 24 2016, Ted Zlatanov wrote: >> How about this protocol: >> >> * designate an IMAP folder as the sync home >> * message subject is the group name >> * message body is just a dump of the Lisp data for the marks >> * messages marked Important (ticked) are full syncs of the marks for that group >> * messages not marked Important are differential syncs (protocol to be determined, let's stick to full sync only) >> >> This would be fast and you can even go back to older marks if you catch >> up by accident or something. The marks would be stored in a small >> consistent data store, atomically updated (most recent wins). > SGTM! Want! :-) AOL! (ie. "Me too!") It would actually make me git clone emacs, instead of using the latest released version. How stable is the git emacs? Perhaps I would end up using it only for Gnus?