Maybe. We can expose a similar client<->server API despite changes to the OT. If we're also changing the data type, that *will* effect the client. (And those two changes can happen in parallel)
-J On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Thomas Wrobel <darkfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Question; Will changes in the OT (and thus server to server) effect > how clients communicate with the servers? > > Is the intention for client<>server communication be similar to > server<>server? > > If not, I am just wondering if they are not tied together, then if > development can happen in parallel? > > Because to me; > "...that can support multiple apps in a > common data model?" > > To get those apps coming, all thats needed is some sort of way to tell > the server what you want to do..you don't necessarily need *how* the > server does that to be fully established yet. > I think usefull mobile clients could be made even with a small subset > of wfp abilities - its not like everything needs to be implemented for > work to start. > > On 31 July 2013 22:11, Joseph Gentle <jose...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I still want a technical deep-dive on OT at some point. >> >> Issues: >> - Are we building a platform or a product? (In my opinion our platform >> isn't good enough, and thats where I want to focus our efforts for >> now) >> - What OT algorithms should we use? >> - If we use Torben's OT system, how expensive is it actually for daily >> use? Is there a way to make it fast and still sign operations? Is >> there a way to use OTR? >> >> This stuff is more important than figuring out our mobile strategy for now. >> >> -J >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:15 AM, John Blossom <jblos...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks to Alex North, Ali Lown, Bruno Gonzalez, Jérémy Naegel, and Joseph >>> Gentle for their active participation in our first Apache Wave team >>> hangout. We also saw Christian Grobmeier trying to connect briefly, and >>> some others are listed as having went, but that was the core group online. >>> You can view the event at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNF_-ogcoIA >>> >>> We had a pretty good discussion, though it would have benefited from others >>> more focused on OT, no doubt. I think that we've demonstrated how to use >>> the technology to communicate in the community and to further leverage it >>> to make the world more available of Apache Wave development and where it >>> stands. I don't what to be the permanent host of these hangouts, or any >>> person-to-person communications, but I am glad to help facilitate them as >>> needed. It's a communication tool, and any way that we can use it as a >>> community in ways that reinforce its goals and values is good. >>> >>> The main question coming out of this hangout from my perspective is this: >>> how to we choose a path for development that will result in a powerful >>> solution for mobile collaboration that can support multiple apps in a >>> common data model? I don't know that a Hangout is the place to solve that, >>> this is probable the best place to start. In the meantime, I will be glad >>> to help create a new "office hours" event on Hangout and have people decide >>> what they want to discuss. Thanks to everyone who participated, the >>> logistics seem to have worked out pretty well. >>> >>> John Blossom
