Version 2.5.0 of ELOG has been released yesterday. The main new feature is
the automatic mirroring of logbooks between different elog servers.
This is useful if one wants to synchronize logbooks between a desktop PC
and a laptop, for example. During synchronization, new or modified entries
on both sides are merged intelligently. Another application is if several
companies or institutes want to keep a ELOG database locally, but have the
databases synchronized periodically with each other. Periodic mirroring
can be set up with a built in cron-like facility.
Although the synchronization has been tested extensively, I still consider
this part in beta state. Before using it, one should make a backup of
existing logbooks. The flag "Mirror simulate" can be used to test the
mirroring without actually overwriting or deleting anything. If problems
arise with mirroring, they should be reported to the author.
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