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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Benja Fallenstein |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:12:42 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/11/10 15:12:42
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
Reviewing with Tuomas
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.247&tr2=1.248&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.247
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.248
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.247 Mon Nov 10 15:11:19 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Mon Nov 10 15:12:42 2003
@@ -593,10 +593,10 @@
An important advantage of pointer records is
that it is possible to
burn the new versions of packages
-(and their pointers records) to a CD
+(and their pointers records) to a CD and take that
to take to a machine that is not connected
to a network. Because the versioning model
-needs only the pointer records, not a connection
+only needs the pointer records, not a connection
to the network, the software update could be
performed exactly the same way as with an Internet connection.
Other P2P versioning schemes do not share this advantage.
@@ -607,12 +607,6 @@
We have implemented pointer records and the
basic block-based storage model in Java.
-
-.. and distribute our implementation as the Storm
- Free Software package.
-
- ---XXX we don't distribute anything yet
-
Our prototype provides implementations of the block abstraction
and of reverse indexing for both local storage
and distribution through the GISP DHT [kato02gisp]_.
@@ -627,7 +621,7 @@
to browse past versions of the page, using the history
created by pointer records.
Through a simple reverse index, it was also easy to implement
-a "backlinks" functionality, which tells the user which
+"backlinks," a functionality which tells the user which
pages link *to* the current web page.
When run on the local machine,
documents owned by the machine's owner can also be
@@ -661,8 +655,8 @@
by content. This allows powerful abstractions to be built on top of it
(such as pointer records).
-The model is easy to implement in a variety
-of ways on current systems, ranging
+The model is easy to implement on a variety
+of current systems, ranging
from filesharing systems to global persistent data stores
like as OceanStore to
simply burning blocks on a CD and using SneakerNet
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst,
Benja Fallenstein <=
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10