Custom Fields again
Joel Peshkin
bugreport at peshkin.net
Thu Dec 12 01:19:59 UTC 2002
Gervase Markham wrote:
> Joel Peshkin wrote:
>
>> Using localconfig solves several problems. If I add a field using
>> localconfig and run checksetup to get it into the DB, it clears up
>> many migration issues that apply to fields added by sites using
>> checksetup.
>
>
> I don't understand what you mean here. Could you elaborate?
Certainly.
Currently, if I make my own site-specific DB fields in checksetup, I am
itching for a merge conflict when I update. If I define what I want to
have added to the "stock" DB using localconfig, then I use a standard
(unhacked) checksetup and I wont have a big merge mess when checksetup
starts to be database-agnostic (because I haven't tweaked it there).
After all, my schema changes "belong" in exactlt the same place in
checksetup as the very next schema change done to the tip will edit. I
am guaranteed a conflict when I update.
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