summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--doc/design/iabackup.mdwn7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/design/iabackup.mdwn b/doc/design/iabackup.mdwn
index 968d02a74..b9a6a960d 100644
--- a/doc/design/iabackup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/design/iabackup.mdwn
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ Shards could have themes, and users could request to be part of the
shard that includes Software, or Grateful Dead, etc. This might encourage
users to devote more resources.
+Or, rather than doing a lucky dip and getting one or a couple shards,
+a user could clone em all, and pick just which Items to store.
+
The contents of Items sometimes changes.
This can be reflected by updating an Item's file in the git repository.
Clients will then download the new version of the Item.
+
+Items sometimes go dark; this could be reflected by deleting the item
+from the repository. It's up to the clients what they do with the content
+of such Items.