RE: [cosmos-dev] RE: updated sdd registry schema

["Beck, Bradley C" <Bradley.Beck@xxxxxx>]

+1 for Ed's suggestions

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[mailto:cosmos-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Losh
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:14 PM
To: Cosmos Dev
Subject: [cosmos-dev] RE: updated sdd registry schema

Hi Ed,

Good suggestion to make the path in $HOME a hidden directory.  

Also, when I consulted the FHS standard there is a caveat to the
"Applications must not generally add directories to the top level of
var" recommendation such that if the data is applicable system wide then
it may be appropriate to add it to the top level.  

However, given we are just trying to get this off the ground and can
later change the path if desired, I am okay with putting it in
/var/lib/sdd.

Cheers,
-Jason

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[mailto:cosmos-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Blackman
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:21 PM
To: Cosmos Dev
Subject: [cosmos-dev] RE: updated sdd registry schema

I would suggest /var/lib/sdd/registry for root on Unix.  On Linux, the
rpm and dpkg packagers put their databases under /var/lib/rpm and
/var/lib/dpkg.  My recollection is that other Unix packagers also use
/var/lib/<something> (admittedly, it's been a couple years since I've
worked with those other packagers closely).

Additionally, the closest thing to a Unix filesystem standard that I'm
aware of (the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, mainly supported on Linux,
but has support from vendors like IBM and Oracle) says that
"Applications must not generally add directories to the top level of
/var".

The text of the standard:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY

I'd suggest $HOME/.sdd/registry for non-root.

Ed

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[mailto:cosmos-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Losh
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:59 PM
To: Cosmos Dev
Subject: [cosmos-dev] RE: updated sdd registry schema

Josh,

The schema changes look good.  Per our discussion yesterday, I put forth
the idea that this information should be stored as follows ...

If the user is non-root/non-administrator, the registry should be stored
in the user's home directory.  If the user is root, the registry should
be stored in /var/sdd/registry on UNIX platforms.  If the user is
administrator, the registry should be stored in
%CommonProgramFiles%\sdd\registry on Windows.

The SDDs themselves should be stored in a "docs" folder under the
"registry" folder.

Thoughts on the proposed layout?

Cheers,
-Jason

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[mailto:cosmos-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh Hester
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:24 AM
To: cosmos-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cosmos-dev] updated sdd registry schema

Here is the updated schema with the changes that we talked about today,
please review it and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

-Josh


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