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The open-source client code is useless without a server #5

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Where is the server code
What is the server API?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by codepr...@gmail.com on 10 Jul 2008 at 9:50

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
It's not really useless, assuming that Google will continue to host the service 
for
Firefox2, the protocol should be the same.

One can find the endpoint of GBS service in requestfactory.js:
http://code.google.com/p/browsersync/source/browse/trunk/client/lib/requestfacto
ry.js?r=14

Original comment by cezar.an...@gmail.com on 10 Jul 2008 at 11:29

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Thanks for the pointer to the API.

I see no such statement re it's only the client that has been disabled, and I 
see no
statement from Google suggesting they'll continue to host. In fact I see the
opposite. From the original Google announcement at:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/06/google-browser-sync-to-be-discontinued.
html

"we decided to phase out support for Browser Sync."

It doesn't say "the Browser Sync client" or extension, it says the whole system.
Nothing I've seen yet changes this view, though I'd love to be shown to be 
incorrect.

Original comment by codepr...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2008 at 6:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
We're not releasing the server code (it is tightly tied into a bunch of other 
Google
infrastructure, which just isn't practical to open source).

However, I could post the sync protocol to these wiki pages if that would be 
helpful
to put up a new server.

Original comment by zbo...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2008 at 9:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Thanks, putting up the sync protocol on the wiki would be very helpful.

What are google's plans re continuing or not continuing to host and provide the
current sync server?

Original comment by codepr...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2008 at 9:31

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
OK, I'll post the protocol tomorrow afternoon (PST).

Google is going to run the servers through the end of 2008. See:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Firefox-Extensions/browse_thread/thread/88
5a160804213632/bc21898c0e8c3199

Original comment by zbo...@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2008 at 9:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
FYI: http://code.google.com/p/browsersync/wiki/DesignOverview

There's another document that details the design of the client, but it doesn't 
seem 
relevant to what you needed to know.

Original comment by zbo...@gmail.com on 14 Jul 2008 at 3:18