Alexander Larsson wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 19:47 -0500, Federico Mena Quintero wrote: > >> Be very careful with trying to put disparate kinds of data under the >> same storage. >> >> Read these articles: >> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000018.html >> http://www.jwz.org/doc/mailsum.html >> >> And then consider whether you indeed want to put everything under the >> same database. >> >> Global indexers: good. We need that. >> >> Global metadata: good. Does anyone but me miss the reliable, fast, and >> simple metadata storage that we used in GNOME 1.2? >> >> A database to put everything because databases can store EVERYTHING: >> bad. > > I agree 100%. This idea scares me to no end. We already have a database > that can store everything, its called a "filesystem". Having a > structured storage format for everything is just begging for problems in > requirements mismatches and storage safety (backups, reliability, > shared-nfs homedirs, etc). >
I accept that and thats why tracker can do both (externally index or internal storage where it makes sense) Obviously we need to find a balance where it is acceptable to internally store stuff. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > He's a lounge-singing Amish paramedic looking for a cure to the poison > coursing through his veins. She's a supernatural psychic nun looking for love > in all the wrong places. They fight crime! > > > -- Mr Jamie McCracken http://jamiemcc.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
