[Chandler-dev] Background-sync code is now in the trunk

[Katie Capps Parlante]

Morgen Sagen wrote:
> As previously discussed on the list, since the view merging code does 
> not support the merging of kind changes, I have disabled the stamping 
> buttons for items that are being shared.  Once we are comfortable with 
> the stability of view merging, we'll tackle stamping.

After talking about this with Morgen and Andi, we recommend that we not 
tackle 'stamping merging' for Alpha3.

+ It lets us focus on stabilizing the rest of background sync, 
particularly dealing with recurrence issues (which are tricky)

+ Tackling view merging of kind changes (or refactoring stamping to 
avoid kind changes) would likely push out the Alpha3 schedule rather 
dramatically

The consequence is that we'd have to live with stamping being disabled 
for items once they are shared until Alpha4.

+ The office calendar will still work, with its stamped items.

+ We'll get background sync, perf improvements, and native intel mac 
into dogfooders hands, mostly according to schedule. We'll slip the 
schedule if we need to for recurrence or other stability problems.

Any objections?

Cheers,
Katie