[Engine-devel] default config value (vdc_options; general)

[Doron Fediuck]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl at redhat.com>
> To: "Gilad Chaplik" <gchaplik at redhat.com>
> Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel at 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 at redhat.com>
> > To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel at 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?