[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/05/30 18:31:39

Modified files:
        storm          : short-paper.rst 

Log message:
        more twids, explain pointer blocks better and drop a bit of other prose 
for it

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst.diff?tr1=1.42&tr2=1.43&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.42 
manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.43
--- manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.42      Fri May 30 18:16:03 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst   Fri May 30 18:31:39 2003
@@ -184,23 +184,27 @@
 of *pointer blocks*
 to build mutable documents on top of
 the lowest layer append-and-delete-only model.
-A pointer block is a Storm block which says
-"Block *X* is the current version of
-document *Y*, and this block overrides 
-the previous pointer blocks *a, b*" and contains
-a digital signature of the above information. The pointer *Y*
+A pointer block is a Storm block which says,
+"The current version of document *X* is block *Y*.
+Pointer blocks *a,b*, specifying previous versions
+of this document, are now obsolete." Additionally,
+it contains a digital signature of the above information.
+
+The pointer *X*
 contains the public key used for signatures --- this allows
 only the author of the document to validate new versions.
 Since a pointer block can override more than one older
 pointer block, this implements a nonlinear (branching)
-versioning model.
+versioning model. More than one version of a document
+can be "current" (e.g., when different people in a working
+group edit the document concurrently).
 
-A suitable user interface around pointers allows the user to
-still see old-style file names, but with the file names attached
-to his/her person, not to a particular computer.
-There is also a scheme to compress blocks storing only
-the differences between consecutive versions of a document,
-but there is no space to explain it here.
+.. A suitable user interface around pointers allows the user to
+   still see old-style file names, but with the file names attached
+   to his/her person, not to a particular computer.
+   There is also a scheme to compress blocks storing only
+   the differences between consecutive versions of a document,
+   but there is no space to explain it here.
 
 
 ..          storing