Re: [Snowy] Two separate systems with Tomboy, and a single Snowy account?

[Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

(don't forget to reply-all...bringing snowy-list back into the conversation)

I am guessing that you started with both Tomboys already having the
same notes before you set them up for sync.  In Tomboy 1.0 and
earlier, this has never been well supported, and Tomboy assumes these
identical notes are conflicting without actually checking.  This was
fixed about a month ago in git.

But prior to Tomboy 1.1.something, the recommended approach was to
start off with one Tomboy with all your notes syncing to the server,
and when you set up another Tomboy, start with no notes before doing
the first sync.

Hope this helps,
Sandy

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:39 AM, J. Bobby Lopez <jbl jbldata com> wrote:
> Thanks Sandy,
>
> The reason I ask is that I was just doing some tests last night, two systems
> with Tomboy 1.0.1, and a single snowy account.  I was trying to sync them
> both, but I kept getting a dialog asking me to either "delete the server
> version" or "rename the local version" with (old).
>
> After two or three syncs between systems, I found that I ended up with two
> or three copies of the same file, renamed with "(old) 1", "(old) 2)", etc.
>
> Is there any way to avoid that?
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:03 PM, J. Bobby Lopez <jbl jbldata com> wrote:
>> > Is it currently possible (advisable) to have two different systems, each
>> > with Tomboy, syncing to the same snowy account, or am I asking for
>> > trouble
>> > if I try to do that at this time?
>>
>> This is what Snowy is designed for, and it should work quite well.
>>
>> Of course, since Snowy is pre-alpha software, I always make the
>> disclaimer that you should regularly backup your notes, and that you
>> are taking a risk by running Snowy on a public server, etc.
>>
>> That being said, I'm not aware of any security vulnerabilities, or any
>> bugs in Snowy as a synchronization server.  Personally, I am using the
>> new autosync feature in Tomboy to sync to my Snowy instance every five
>> minutes, and am not having any issues with that.  But I do not run
>> Snowy on a public server yet.
>>
>> Soon we'll be deploying Snowy on GNOME servers and we'll be able to
>> exude a bit more confidence. ;-)  Until then, your testing is very
>> valuable to us, and feedback is much appreciated.
>>
>> Sandy
>
>