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@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ combox is at a stage where it can be used as a tool to use the storage
provided by two file storage providers -- Google Drive and Dropbox --
such that only part of each file in the encrypted form is stored on
the data store of the file storage providers. This method of storing
-files on file storage providers makes it difficult, but not impossible,
-for file storage providers or ``third parties'' to gain access to the
-user's personal files.
+files on file storage providers makes it difficult, but not
+impossible, for file storage providers or ``third parties'' to gain
+access to the user's personal files.
combox is at version 0.2.3, it is a python package licensed under the
GNU General Public License version 3 or later. It is compatible with
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ follows is a non-exhaustive list of things to do in the future:
directory. At the moment, combox reads the amount of free space
available on each node directory (file storage provider's directory)
when configuring combox on a computer but does not use this
- information to reckon the space left in each node directory. The major issue here is how to determine what space is available without interacting with a service provider's API or asking the end user.
+ information to reckon the space left in each node directory. The
+ major issue here is how to determine what space is available without
+ interacting with a service provider's API or asking the end user.
\item Re-think \verb+combox.events+ module. This module was written
@@ -63,11 +65,11 @@ follows is a non-exhaustive list of things to do in the future:
needs to be written for supporting a new file storage provider,
combox must be tested with the new file storage provider's directory
as a node directory. If the new file storage provider's client (that
- sync's the shards their data store) makes non-standard changes to its
- directory (like the official Dropbox and Google Drive clients do),
- then the \verb+combox.events.NodeDirMonitor+ must be accordingly
- updated to make combox cognizant about the file storage provider
- client's non-standard behavior.
+ sync's the shards their data store) makes non-standard changes to
+ its directory (like the official Dropbox and Google Drive clients
+ do), then the \verb+combox.events.NodeDirMonitor+ must be
+ accordingly updated to make combox cognizant about the file storage
+ provider client's non-standard behavior.
\item Make unit tests more modular. At the moment, there are some unit
test functions that test more than one usecase/facet of a function
@@ -92,4 +94,3 @@ follows is a non-exhaustive list of things to do in the future:
contains information about setting up the development environment
for combox on Windows.
\end{itemize}
-