Developers of Sympa

[Marc Chantreux <address@concealed>]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:59:27AM +0100, David Verdin wrote:
> You mean: remove the RDBMS for caching purpose? 

no: i really mean to remove the entire database. but i know i'm the only
fan of this idea so i will not try harder :) 

> Because for a lot of things like, say data related to each other,
> using a relational storage looks like the best option to me.

well. if you're really intersted in this track: i can work on a proposal
for a full flat file driven sympa.

> Look at the 6.2 branch if you want to have a clear idea of how this
> works now.

i'm watching it right now. i'll tell you.

> Another likely point of improvement. We use our own parsing classes.
> they can certainly be improved. 

just as an idea: why not propose yaml as alternative syntax and
deprecate the current one in some future? 

> By the way, I'm rethinking the CPAN thing (port modules to CPAN,
> replace legacy code by modules, etc.). I'll forward you some
> discussions I had with Mark Overmeer

i stand by :) 

> 2. when we have a coherent set of modules for a type of
>    functionnalities, we could probably release them as CPAN modules. 

awesome news. may i suggest you the dzil command to manage your
packages? it's very simple. 

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