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Ilya Maximets c5553ce2f6 ovsdb/TODO: Update the list of tasks.
Some of the work is already done, e.g. 'diff' file format
and DNS support.

Added more items collected over time including relay and
local_config items.

Acked-by: Dumitru Ceara <dceara@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
2022-07-14 15:24:07 +02:00

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OVSDB To-do List
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* Clustered:
* Ephemeral columns.
* Locks.
* Tons of unit tests.
* Include index with monitor update?
* Testing with replication.
* Handling bad transactions in read_db(). (Kill the database?)
* Documentation:
* ACID (and CAP?) explanation.
* Overall diagram explaining the cluster and ovsdb protocol pieces
* How-To guide for the Local_Config database.
* General:
* Increase exponential backoff cap. Introduce randomization.
* Non-blocking (not blocking the main thread) ovsdb-server/compact unixctl.
* Local_Config database extension:
* Add a configuration tool to configure remotes.
* Allow configuration of relays.
* Allow configuration of active-backup replication.
* Relay:
* Try to inherit min_index from the relay source?
* Standalone:
* Add support for parallel snapshot JSON generation.
* Add support for transaction history?