storage branch - control_files - public or private

[Jan Hudec]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:49:09 -0600, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 21:12 -0600, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> > This implies that branches repositories and checkouts start to look like
> > random file storage areas. I think thats bad. Rather than that, how
> > about we offer specific apis for the things we want to support ? I.e. If
> > you as a plugin author need to save settings, get a BranchConfig and
> > set_user_setting on that. That there covers off all key-value settings
> > for plugin authors. 
> > 
> > Do we want random file storage to be part of the service offered by
> > branches/repositories/checkouts ?
>
> I'm not sure about random file storage. But if someone wants to
> implement something like 'tags', it would be nice to give them a hook
> they can use. Not everything is possible with a branch config.
> 
> Also, some plugins should make changes to the checkout (x-rsync-data),
> other ones will be more about the branch (tags), and maybe some would be
> repository specific.

I believe most of the data is stored in XML, right? Most data structures can
be represented as XML. So it should be enough for most purposes if the
plugins could insert chunks of XML in strategically selected spots. In the
revision, in the branch and few similar places.

-- 
						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz>
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