OK thanks for the clarifications. Alex
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]>wrote: > Alex Karasulu wrote: > >> So wdyt about this first version ? What's missing ? >>> >>> >>> >> >> (1) Why not make these comment attribute actual attributes in the LDIF >> even >> though they are special? >> >> > I was considering this as an option, but the problem is that you need to > clone the entry in order to add those special attributes, ar add them and > remove them immediately, which is not really elegant. > >> (2) Why is rev not a regular attribute? >> >> > Same reason. And we can't use the ChangeLog rev because it is not added if > the changeLog is not activated. > > In any case, we don't need to store those elements in the partition within > the entry, because they are volatile (each time you restart the server, the > revision is set to a new value) > >> (3) What exactly is the difference between ACK and NACK and why do we need >> a >> NACK? >> >> > We will have ACK for entries which have been stored in the partition. NACK > is for entries that we _know_ haven't been stored for any reason. If the > entry has not been stored yet, or not been rejected yet, then we won't have > any ACK or NACK. > > It's interesting to have a NACK to distinguish between those two cases. > > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
