From dev-return-6844-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Wed Oct 14 14:30:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 94232 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2009 14:30:59 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 14 Oct 2009 14:30:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 52393 invoked by uid 500); 14 Oct 2009 14:30:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 52340 invoked by uid 500); 14 Oct 2009 14:30:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 52330 invoked by uid 99); 14 Oct 2009 14:30:58 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:30:58 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of adam.kocoloski@gmail.com designates 72.14.220.158 as permitted sender) Received: from [72.14.220.158] (HELO fg-out-1718.google.com) (72.14.220.158) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:30:56 +0000 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so1331827fga.5 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.249.22 with SMTP id w22mr2442088fgh.1.1255530635045; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.1.9? (c-66-31-20-188.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [66.31.20.188]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l19sm2398936fgb.1.2009.10.14.07.30.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:30:34 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Subject: Re: CouchDB dump/load scripts From: Adam Kocoloski In-Reply-To: <7255A279-82AB-4069-975F-E87630D0D91F@apache.org> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:30:32 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <953A6CAA-3A0D-4C3F-9B97-E69130111F44@apache.org> References: <9B2ED448-F85C-43A1-AA7D-F64C5AE87579@tumbolia.org> <7255A279-82AB-4069-975F-E87630D0D91F@apache.org> To: dev@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) On Oct 14, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > > On 14 Oct 2009, at 14:25, Noah Slater wrote: > >>> These would only be needed for upgrades from 0.8 or earlier. 0.9.x >>> databases >>> can be read by 0.10+ and are automatically upgraded to the 0.10- >>> only format >>> during the first compaction. >> >> Will this ALWAYS be the case for all future versions? > > I don't think the file format will see a lot of changes any more. > That said, I didn't say the scripts aren't useful, I just wanted to > raise that we might not want to spend too much time on having an > official version :) I'm with Jan here -- I'd like to keep the core focus on being able to read 0.9+ files and replicate with 0.9+ servers in all newer versions, just like we did with 0.10. But if folks want to develop scripts to dump/load .json files I'm cool with that too. Best, Adam