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Re: Comments on Presentation Notes Request.

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Ddavid@lang.hm <david@lang.hm>
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Jan 7, 2009, 08:33 UTC
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Tim Visher wrote:
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> *** Natural Backup
>
> Because every developer has a copy of the repository, every developer
> you add adds an extra failure point.  The more developers you have,
> the more backups you have of the repository.

this needs to be re-worded. 'extra failure point' can be read to mean redundancy in what would otherwide be a single point of failure, but it can also mean another point where things can fail.

something like 'every developer adds an extra layer of redundancy' would be much less ambiguous.

David Lang
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Message 7 of 10 in “Comments on Presentation Notes Request.”
  1. Tim VisherJan 6, 2009
  2. Jeff KingJan 7, 2009
  3. Daniel BarkalowJan 7, 2009
  4. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Jan 7, 2009
  5. Daniel BarkalowJan 8, 2009
  6. Jeff KingJan 8, 2009
  7. david@lang.hmJan 7, 2009
  8. Tim VisherJan 7, 2009
  9. Daniel BarkalowJan 8, 2009
  10. Jakub NarebskiJan 9, 2009

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