Re: Symmetry between dump and load

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Julian Foad <julianfoad_at_btopenworld.com>
wrote:

> I believe the following symmetries should be true, and testable, and we
> should test them.
>
> For any valid repository:
>
> * we can dump it
> * we can load the dump file into a new repository
> * the new repo is equivalent to the old repo
>
> For any valid dump file:
>
> * we can load it into a new repository
> * we can dump that repository
> * the new dump file is equivalent to the old dump file
>
>
This is just a drive-by comment ..

Just wanted to add that Locks are completely lost by a dump/load process.

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Mark Phippard
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