Re: Epiphany and Sync (in relation to GSoC)

[Xan Lopez <xan gnome org>]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:57 PM, calvin <chenmingyang ict gmail com> wrote:
> From the Firefox developers, I confirmed that anyone can indeed use
> Mozilla’s Sync server in his/her own client for free. If we use it,
> certainly we will use the APIs and “storage format” defined by Mozilla.
> However, one of the Firefox code committers said we have to use the format
> of Firefox bookmarks, user passwords, preferences, etc (not our own format).
> I feel puzzled because the payload of the records are all encrypted as [1]
> mentions, hence the server knows nothing about what the client puts into the
> payload. So I’m reading the Firfox Sync service specifications. Do you think
> I’m on the right way regarding the GSoC program?
> I really appreciate any feedback on the sync service so that I can detail or
> be inspired about what should be done.
> Looking forward to your comments.

Yes, this is definitely something we need to figure out if we want to
use the firefox sync service.
I don't think changing our internal formats makes much sense, but at
worst we could translate them on the fly for syncing purposes, I
imagine it would not be a *ton* of work.

I think we should create a wiki page with all the information we have
so far, I'll get to do that today.

Cheers,

Xan