Re: [Opensync-devel] OpenSync priorities

[Juergen L. <jue...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 02:49:55PM +0000, Graham Cobb wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 January 2011 02:12:31 Chris Frey wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 02:49:20PM -0800, Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
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> Experience teaches us that implementation of the V-formats in the real world 
> is very poor!  It would be worth both the vformat and xmlformat code in 
> OpenSync to be more tolerant.  OpenSync is in the business of syncing user's 
> devices, not enforcing minor standards violations.

Yes, you are absolutely right.  OpenSync should be way more
tolerant towards format errors.  A format error is not the same
as an exit error in terms of libopensync, which automatically
leads to slow-sync of all of the entries available.

(...)

 
> There may also be a case that the xmlformat code should just be dropping badly 
> formatted fields although, as a purely internal format, I can see the 
> justification for aborting, but only if the code which creates the XML is 
> capable enough to always generate either no field or a correctly formatted 
> field.

(...)

Exactly. A WARNING would do it, as well.

Bye, bye

Juergen.