[Owncloud] ownCloud Client 1.0.4 Release

[Jono]

>> Several days ago I installed an OC 4.0.6 server on Ubuntu 12.04 server. Setup
>> went well, no problems. Then I installed the 1.0.3 sync client on my Kubuntu
>> 12.04 laptop. The sync client operated as expected, but I noticed it was
>> frequently chatting with the server even when I there was nothing to do. Even
>> with no changes to files in the sync folder on the server or laptop, it
>> appeared that every 10 seconds or so, approximately 200 KiB of traffic would
>> exchange.
>>
>> Is this because WebDAV has no push notification mechansim, therefore the client
>> has to keep polling the server for changes? If so, are there plans to offer
>> another kind of sync mechanism, perhaps something based on Unison and inotify?


Yes, the client periodically polls the server to look for updates. A
way around this is to have something push from the server to connected
clients. Like a process that manages client connections. I am not sure
how "Unison and inotify" would solve this problem though.