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diff --git a/doc/design/requests_routing.mdwn b/doc/design/requests_routing.mdwn index f3cc49ca8..27ab6f372 100644 --- a/doc/design/requests_routing.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/requests_routing.mdwn @@ -28,15 +28,31 @@ Currently: time 0|1 uuid1 time 0|1 uuid2 -* Use negative numbers for the TTL of a request. +* Use negative numbers for the TTL of a request: + + time -3! uuid1 + time -2 uuid2 + + The `!` indicates that the request originated on + that node. * To propigate a request, set -1 * (TTL+1) in the line - for the uuid of the repository that is propigating it. - This should be done as part of the git-annex branch merging, + for the uuid of the repository that is propigating it. + This should be done as part of the git-annex branch merge, so if a location tracking file is merged, any open requests - get propigated to the current repository. + get propigated to the current repository automatically. * When a requested file reaches a node that requested it, the location is set to 1; this automatically clears the request. +* When a file has no more originating requests, clear all + the copied requests: + + time 1 uuid1 + time -2 uuid2 + + Becomes: + + time 1 uuid1 + time' 0 uuid2 ## generating requests diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_163__request_and_routing_design.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_163__request_and_routing_design.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c11664a06 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_163__request_and_routing_design.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +I have a preliminary design for [[design/requests_routing]]. Won't be +working on it immediately, but simulations show it can work well in a large +ad-hoc network. |