Re: [Engine-devel] default config value (vdc_options; general)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl(a)redhat.com>
To: "Gilad Chaplik" <gchaplik(a)redhat.com>
Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org>
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 12:19:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] default config value (vdc_options; general)
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gilad Chaplik" <gchaplik(a)redhat.com>
> To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 12:16:11 PM
> Subject: [Engine-devel] default config value (vdc_options; general)
>
> hi all,
>
> In engine config table (vdc_options), when an option has a general
> as
> its version, and we fetch by version,
> we aren't getting the general value, rather the default one (hard
> coded in the config value enum)
>
> Is this the wanted behavior and why?
> According to it general is some-kind of a version number instead of
> a
> configurable fallback to a missing version.
>
> NOTE: currently there isn't any configurable default; in case the
> hard coded default != your configurable default,
> you need to specify it for each version.
>
> I will be glad to fix it.
>
> Thanks,
> Gilad.
I am about to rewrite this whole configuration subsystem.
Defaults will not be stored in database nor in code.
There will be default per version.
Regards,
Alon.
Please explain 'default per version';
- Can you have more than one configuration for the same version?
- What happens if I need a general configuration which isn't relevant for a specific
version?