Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 68061 invoked from network); 22 May 2009 03:38:36 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 22 May 2009 03:38:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 16538 invoked by uid 500); 22 May 2009 03:38:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 16459 invoked by uid 500); 22 May 2009 03:38:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 16449 invoked by uid 99); 22 May 2009 03:38:49 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 May 2009 03:38:49 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.4 required=10.0 tests=FS_REPLICA,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [72.14.220.153] (HELO fg-out-1718.google.com) (72.14.220.153) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 May 2009 03:38:38 +0000 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so49627fgb.3 for ; Thu, 21 May 2009 20:38:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.59.18 with SMTP id h18mr2735082fga.14.1242963496635; Thu, 21 May 2009 20:38:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <067AA5E4-0E5F-46C7-85EE-FC9CBCF99490@apache.org> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 05:38:16 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: reiterating transactions vs. replication From: Yuval Kogman To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org 2009/5/22 Yuval Kogman : > From what I know this assumption is wrong. Eventual consistency still > needs atomic primitives, it's not about whether or not you have > transactions, it's about what data they affect (eventual consistency > involves breaking them down). Found this link in the archive as well: http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1394128 I think it explains why better than I do.