On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:46 AM, John Arbash Meinel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why can't it be written as part of the object, and if you want to insert > a message into the middle, you have to rewrite all of the rest? I guess > I don't really see why it has to be write-once.
It can be, thats the trade off I mentioned : rewriting 1000 messages to have a higher index number is expensive. Supporting it at all is more complex than not supporting it - and supporting it implies unstable urls for something that users (reasonably) expect to be stable. > So is the issue that if there are hidden messages you shouldn't get gaps > in the numbering? > > Is it something that some users can see these hidden messages and some > can't? What is the handle on a "hidden" message for people who can > actually see it? Messages are hidden by administrators to deal with spam and offensive language. Another reason to keep the index stable is to let administrators unhide things if a mistake is made. -Rob _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
