Dr. Hawkins wrote:
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 7:24 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
No deficiency.
The deficiency isn't in the messaging system, but the monolithic file
structure. The only reason I got into this is the staggering amount of
space being taken for each checkpoint.
Moving into the 1990s with some kind of revision or version control, or
even into the 1970s with diff and patch, is a critical need and an
essential element. Not having this is a gaping underprovision in something
that suggests itself for commercial or scientific use.
Yes, I know there are a project or two that try to achieve this. But this
shouldn't be a project; it is unacceptable that it isn't integral.
It should be trivial to go back a few minutes, or a couple of hours, to any
point, and isolate changes. This is not "add on", but basic functionality.
If it were as "trivial" as you suggest you should be able to write a
plugin to handle that in just a few minutes, yes? :)
Which xTalks have you used with that capability which gave you the
expectation?
Unique among xTalks, LiveCode does provide the ability to create
script-only stack files that are just plain text, perfectly suited for
the limitations of modern VCSes. Why not use that?
For binary stack files, Monte's lcVCS is being used in production on a
number of projects. Perhaps it may be well suited for yours as well.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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