[Psi-devel] comment from a user

[Hal Rottenberg]

Right--I was the other guy.  :D

On 2/28/07, Brian <fxsasjse902 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> Whoops, sorry for the misattribution -- that was Trejkaz, not Hal,
> speaking up for plaintext convenience. :-o
>
>   - Brian
>
> On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Brian fxsasjse902-at-sneakemail.com |psi/
> personal| wrote:
>
> > On Feb 27, 2007, at 2:40 AM, Trejkaz trejkaz-at-trypticon.org |psi/
> > personal| wrote:
> >
> >> On Tuesday 27 February 2007 12:25, Hal Rottenberg wrote:
> >>> I've been saying we needed a db back end since 2004 or so.  :D
> >>
> >> Just using a raw DB is nasty for people who want to manipulate the
> >> files
> >> though. :-)
> >>
> >
> > Kinda throws a wrench in systemwide index/search strategies like
> > Spotlight on MacOS, too (unless you provide a spotlight mdimporter
> > plugin thingy for it as well). :(
> >
> > Personally, for chat storage I most like the strategy Apple took with
> > iChat -- each conversation is a separate file, much like the maildir
> > (Qmail) way of mail spooling. Spotlight finds what you're looking
> > for, selecting one of the messages opens it through iChat. And like
> > Hal said, you can always use grep and friends on the individual files
> > for just about any custom task you might dream up.
> >
> > I'd definitely hope that if any db storage functionality is added,
> > it's in addition to, not in place of, the plaintext version. Or,
> > heck, make it a configuration option? Pick which way you want it?
> > Even if the default is db, as long as I could switch it off and stick
> > with plain-text files, I'd be just fine. :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >   - Brian
> >
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