[Koha-devel] How about a different way of handling database updates

[Kyle Hall]

> create a syspref (with TEXT, we have a lot of space).
> Separate each patch applied with a comma :
>
> BibLibre-1,mhafenA,someoneElse,anotherone,BibLibre-2, ...
>
> need to check that a patch has been applied ? just =~ /BibLibre-1,/ if not
> applied, apply it, and add BibLibre-1, at the end of applied patches. The
> order doesn't matter.
>
> (well, in fact, the order may matter, and that may be the limit of this
> idea...)

An interesting idea, but wouldn't that cause the db updater to slow
down as the syspref grows in size?

Kyle