On Mar 06, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > IOW, if you changed a style after a list is created, the list > > attributes do not change. In fact, the mailing list doesn't record > > what styles were applied to it. > >OTOH, would it really be that burdensome to keep styles in the >database and allow styles to be updated with appropriate effects on >the lists? A style *change* that could be applied domain-wide (and >DRY-ly!) without affecting other domains on that host would be a >killer feature. Or is there another way to accomplish that?
Ideally, I'd like things to work this way, but it's a lot of work to get from here to there. Some of the issues that will have to be worked out include: - Do those attributes still live in the `mailinglist` table or do they get split up into separate tables? - Do you handle individual attribute overrides, and if so how? (e.g. I want an announce list, except with a higher max size because i'm using it to send audio files). - Do you handle one style or multiple styles per list, and if the latter, how do you handle application order and conflicts? - What happens when a style goes away, or new styles get added? how do you change styles that are associated with a particular list? - How do you plumb style choices through to the command line and REST UIs, and how do you present these options on the admin web ui? I think this could be an interesting GSoC project, but it might actually be *too* big for summer students. OTOH, if we work out a spec that answers some of the questions above and defines the semantics, the actual implementation work would probably be pretty interesting. Cheers, -Barry
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