Hi Chetan IMHO your original mail didn't write down the fundamental analysis but instead presented the solution for every the 2 case I was lacking the information _why_ this is needed.
Both have been answered in private conversions only (1 today in the oak call and 2 in a private discussion with tom). And having heard didn't make me more confident that the solution you propose is the right thing to do. Kind regards Angela On 11/05/16 12:17, "Chetan Mehrotra" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Angela, > >On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Angela Schreiber <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> Quite frankly I would very much appreciate if took the time to collect >> and write down the required (i.e. currently known and expected) >> functionality. >> >> Then look at the requirements and look what is wrong with the current >> API that we can't meet those requirements: >> - is it just missing API extensions that can be added with moderate >>effort? >> - are there fundamental problems with the current API that we needed to >> address? >> - maybe we even have intrinsic issues with the way we think about the >>role >> of the repo? >> >> IMHO, sticking to kludges might look promising on a short term but >> I am convinced that we are better off with a fundamental analysis of >> the problems... after all the Binary topic comes up on a regular basis. >> That leaves me with the impression that yet another tiny extra and >> adaptables won't really address the core issues. >> > >Makes sense. > >Have a look in of the initial mail in the thread at [1] which talks about >the 2 usecase I know of. The image rendition usecase manifest itself in >one >form or other, basically providing access to Native programs via file path >reference. > >The approach proposed so far would be able to address them and hence >closer >to "is it just missing API extensions that can be added with moderate >effort?". If there are any other approach we can address both of the >referred usecases then we implement them. > >Let me know if more details are required. If required I can put it up on a >wiki page also. > >Chetan Mehrotra >[1] >http://markmail.org/thread/6mq4je75p64c5nyn#query:+page:1+mid:zv5dzsgmoegu >pd7l+state:results
