Repos/FS format, conf/ question

["Glenn A. Thompson" <gt...@cdr.net>]

Hey,

I have often wondered about the intended purpose of the conf/ directory
and or the format file.
I guessing it's for configuration information:-)

The reason I bring it up at this point in time has to do with FS
re-factoring.  And the fact that I just saw it mentioned on IRC.
I want to use conf/ as a place to store FS config information.  The SQL
under-pinnings I have been working on kinda-sorta depend on the
existence of <optional> config information.  I have it worked out so
that I can require it and BDB doesn't have to.   Which brings me to the
"format" file.  I would like to change the way "check_repos_version"
works.  I would like for him to ask the FS "if" it can work with a
particular repos. A new function will be required.
Why?
Once multiple FS types can be used, It seems better to have the FS to
answer that question.  It is no longer simply asking, is this repos an
old revision.  It may be asking, is the proper code compiled in and/or
loaded for the repos @ "/path/to/top/of/fs".  If/when all goes well in
my insane little world, a binary may have support for more than one
repos "format/source combination" at a time.

Thanks in advance for any wisdom,
gat




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