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Re: A quick-and-dirty MySQL fs backend

From: Edmund Horner <chrysophylax_at_chrysophylax.cjb.net>
Date: 2004-02-20 01:57:47 CET

kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Edmund, I think it's only fair to tell you now: this couldn't be
> integrated into Subversion unless it takes a similar route to what
> Glenn Thompson is doing, whereby he first abstracts the fs APIs and
> then implements the new backend against the APIs. (Of course, in that
> case, it might just be better to join forces with Glenn.)
>
> You probably knew already all this, and chose to copy the bdb/ subdir
> and hack away because you wanted to do fast experimenting, without any
> intention for it to get integrated back into Subversion. This mail is
> just in case that's *not* what you were thinking...

Yup, the plan is:

1. Replace (not abstract, mostly) the BDB functions.
2. See if it works properly.
3. Play around with several alternative ways to represent/access data to
see how they affect performance.
4. Tell everyone how it went.
.
.
.
99. Abstract the fs interface in a Subversion-consistent manner. This
will likely be performed by someone else and might be years away (?).

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