Re: [Evolution-hackers] 32 bit IDs in contact file backend

[Patrick Ohly <patrick ohly gmx de>]

On Di, 2011-05-17 at 13:27 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 14:04 +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote:
> > On Di, 2011-05-17 at 12:38 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > > Even if we *didn't* have immediate plans to use other back ends like EWS
> > > with this setup, that would be entirely the wrong thing to do, surely?
> > 
> > I'm not so sure. We are pitching EDS as an alternative for other storage
> > solutions that are highly optimized (= limited!) for specific use cases.
> > What you are suggesting is that any attempt to add optimizations for a
> > specific combination of app + EDS + backend is wrong and should be
> > avoided. My feeling is that EDS will simply not be used at all unless
> > such optimization are acceptable.
> 
> [EDS upstream]
> 
> I have no objection to an *optimisation*. You seemed to be describing a
> *fix*, not an optimisation.
> 
> An *optimisation* allows things to work faster or more efficiently, when
> they were already working before.
> 
> So if you expose an extra '32bit-numeric-uid' in your static
> capabilities for the back end, and the user can make use of that to
> operate more efficiently by bypassing the permanent uidstring<->integer
> mapping, then I'm happy with that.

That was the plan. From the original email:

|  Further work if you agree in principle:
|      * let clients query whether all contacts have the simplified ID -
|        could be done with the dynamic capabilities that I mentioned in
|        the e-client API thread; avoids reading all contact (UIDs)

> But *only* if it really is an
> optimisation, and designed such that the code still works (via the
> mapping) without it.

I can't promise that the code will work without it right away because
the mapping hasn't been implemented yet due to lack of time. See also:
http://lists.meego.com/pipermail/meego-dev/2011-May/483078.html


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