From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GSoC: collaborative editing Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:20 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ab6ngdjb.fsf@tunes.org> <873acclilz.fsf@ambire.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239644689 14145 80.91.229.12 (13 Apr 2009 17:44:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:44:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Brian Templeton , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 13 19:46:07 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LtQEJ-0000gU-9A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:45:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44619 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQCu-00020N-7U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQCp-00020H-UY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQCl-0001zJ-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57545 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LtQCk-0001yi-RH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:23 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:58179 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LtQCj-0007s0-FG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:21 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiAFAIUW40lLd+7D/2dsb2JhbACBUstkg3wGhRY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,180,1238990400"; d="scan'208";a="36964598" Original-Received: from 75-119-238-195.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([75.119.238.195]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 13 Apr 2009 13:44:20 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1C80D70764; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <873acclilz.fsf@ambire.localdomain> (Thien-Thi Nguyen's message of "Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:43:20 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110238 Archived-At: > Sounds interesting. Have you thought about a peer-to-peer architecture? A peer-to-peer approach has advantages, of course, but it also makes it very difficult to recover a total ordering and hence guarantee that every client sees the same content. Stefan