Synchronizing xs-0.3 and xo-??? --- backups

[Ivan Krstić]

On Apr 22, 2008, at 12:46 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> Wad's too simple, I am hoping to use a slightly simplified version of
> Ivan's. For the restore part, I think I will drastically simplify
> things from Ivan's approach.

My solution is the simplest design I could create that allows both  
emergency restore (laptop FS has been trashed, get everything back)  
and individual file restore and sharing via a web interface running on  
the XS, both in the face of an opaque DS backend (Xapian). These were,  
at the time I was asked to design this, communicated as requirements  
for the solution. If you relax the requirements or swap in a less  
braindead DS backend, indeed you can simplify the whole system.

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