[Freeipa-devel] "Commit comments log" functionality in IPA

[Nathan Kinder]

Dmitri Pal wrote:
> Simo Sorce wrote:
>> On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 01:39 -0500, Simo Sorce wrote:
>>  
>>> On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 19:14 -0500, Dmitri Pal wrote:
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>>> Now to some of the reasons why I don't see DS as a viable option:
>>>
>>> - Multi-value attributes are not ordered, so you need to invent some
>>> scheme to store this data structured so that ordering can be preserved.
>>> Sure probably using the "posting" date before the content is all is
>>> needed, but that makes attributes not searcheable.
>>>
>>>     
>
> I think that creating a generic plugin that would allow storing 
> ordered MV attributes would be a big benefit for everybody.
> We can use the "commit comment" use case to create one. I would think 
> that DS folks would find such plugin pretty valuable.
> I am actually surprised to the fact that one does not exist yet. It 
> would have solved a lot of different issues and paved a way for even 
> broader adoption of the DS.
There is a proposed standard for ordering of attributes:

https://opends.dev.java.net/public/standards/draft-chu-ldap-xordered.txt
>
> I would start with implementing "commit comment" feature as a step 
> towards a generic ordered MV value plugin solution.
> This would actually mean turning a MV attribute into sort of mini 
> table with records associated with an entry in this table.
> I think it is a very cool feature.
>
>
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>
> Thanks
> Dmitri
>
>> Simo.
>>
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>
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