On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Benoit! > > > - installation and upgrade via HTTP > > You'd remind me one thing: > > http://davispj.com/2010/09/26/new-couchdb-externals-api.html > > Could this plugins be just one shoot wrapper for proxy with external > process / os_daemon setup? I see there is only need to let them > announce to CouchDB what they can do or handle some part of CouchDB > functionality (e.g. slots concept). > Well, In my opinion the couchdb http external api is just an hack waiting something better. When I am thinking to couchdb i am thinking to one of its core feature aka master-master replication. On wich I add "p2p". So maybe my view is biased. But based on this view for me plugin should also be replicable. Using external api would make it hard to replicate though it's possible by copying content of a doc on the fs. To be honest I don't think it's a good way to handle that. Also having something like http://redis.io/commands/eval open the door to a new way to extend couchdb. Any programmer could do it even non erlang programmers. Which could be quite interresting. - benoît
