[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/11/10 15:12:42

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

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        Reviewing with Tuomas

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http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.247&tr2=1.248&r1=text&r2=text

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diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.247 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.248
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.247      Mon Nov 10 15:11:19 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Mon Nov 10 15:12:42 2003
@@ -593,10 +593,10 @@
 An important advantage of pointer records is
 that it is possible to
 burn the new versions of packages
-(and their pointers records) to a CD
+(and their pointers records) to a CD and take that
 to take to a machine that is not connected
 to a network. Because the versioning model
-needs only the pointer records, not a connection
+only needs the pointer records, not a connection
 to the network, the software update could be
 performed exactly the same way as with an Internet connection.
 Other P2P versioning schemes do not share this advantage.
@@ -607,12 +607,6 @@
 
 We have implemented pointer records and the
 basic block-based storage model in Java. 
-
-.. and distribute our implementation as the Storm
-   Free Software package.
-
-   ---XXX we don't distribute anything yet
-
 Our prototype provides implementations of the block abstraction
 and of reverse indexing for both local storage
 and distribution through the GISP DHT [kato02gisp]_.
@@ -627,7 +621,7 @@
 to browse past versions of the page, using the history
 created by pointer records. 
 Through a simple reverse index, it was also easy to implement
-a "backlinks" functionality, which tells the user which
+"backlinks," a functionality which tells the user which
 pages link *to* the current web page.
 When run on the local machine,
 documents owned by the machine's owner can also be
@@ -661,8 +655,8 @@
 by content. This allows powerful abstractions to be built on top of it
 (such as pointer records). 
 
-The model is easy to implement in a variety
-of ways on current systems, ranging
+The model is easy to implement on a variety
+of current systems, ranging
 from filesharing systems to global persistent data stores
 like as OceanStore to
 simply burning blocks on a CD and using SneakerNet