ability for sync verb handler to skip delete commit entries to be sent to client

[murali-shris]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

#2066
"Excessive Syncing of Deleted Keys: New clients must sync all keys, including numerous deletions, leading to significant time and space inefficiencies."

Describe the solution you'd like

• introduce a flag skipDeletes in sync verb handler.
• do not send keys that were eventually deleted in the sync list to client

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

No response

[murali-shris]

Complete some of the changes on server to skip delete entries.
While writing tests encountered a bug in _acceptKey in commit log keystore.
#2115
Will fix the bug and then resume work on this feature

[murali-shris]

Server changes:
#2097
Client changes:
https://github.com/atsign-foundation/at_client_sdk/tree/sync_skip_deletes
End2End testing in progress.Once successful, will run performance tests.
Server PR to be merged first once performance results are good

[murali-shris]

Implemented skipUntil changes and extensive unit tests on server
#2131
Changes in at_client in progress

[murali-shris]

atsign-foundation/at_client_sdk#1432
At client changes complete.Will re-open PR once benchmarking tests are complete and server changes are merged
Performance bench marking in progress
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Mc4GFe2-xZ4CZImBa3xWiAufq7PaOm42c3pItTYSPXQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[murali-shris]

Server release c3.1.0 pending.Will re-open at_client PR after server is released.

[murali-shris]

server released to prod.
Will resolve merge conflicts once the sync limit PR is merged to trunk
atsign-foundation/at_client_sdk#1450

[murali-shris]

at_client v3.4.0 published