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[Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Rodney Dawes 
<rodney.dawes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It was always clearly stated that the U1DB server was still up, and 
> that
> it was not done via file synchronization.

I'm afraid I completely missed this point up til now.  I looked back at 
the announcement of the shutdown of Ubuntu One (not to be confused with 
Ubuntu One!) [1], and the only only reference to U1DB I found was in 
the second to last paragraph, which says,

> The shutdown will not affect ... the backend U1DB database service.

Even after your explanation, I'm still not quite sure how to parse that.

> I'm pretty sure the Qt U1DB
> implementation that exists on the phone was also written mostly after
> the Ubuntu One file sync services were taken offline, or at least
> announced that the service would be taken offline. Would be a bit odd 
> to
> continue promoting an API for a service that was dead, don't you
> think? :)

All the documentation I've seen for U1DB has focused on local use.  I 
assumed that the network syncing was being put on the back burner.  
That seemed more sensible than giving the same name to three different 
components that had nothing to do with each other.

> There is u1db.ubuntu.com of course.

$ nslookup u1db.ubuntu.com
Server:		8.8.8.8
Address:	8.8.8.8#53

** server can't find u1db.ubuntu.com: NXDOMAIN

I'm assuming you've mistyped the domain, but Googling "U1DB server" 
isn't giving me anything useful.  How are people supposed to find out 
about this?

> I thought there was a blog post somewhere about how to sync a U1DB 
> with
> Ubuntu One using the account on the phone, in QML, but I can't seem to
> find it now. Maybe Christian (kalikiana) can help clarify that when he
> comes back on-line.

I'd love to see this, if anyone can find it.

Thanks,
Robert


[1] 
http://blog.canonical.com/2014/04/02/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services/