On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Jason Smith <j...@iriscouch.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Alexander Shorin <kxe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Ronny, >> >> Invalidating views by ddoc _rev change is very bad idea - your 2M docs >> database will have to be reindexed on each ddoc update: by adding >> attachment or changing show function. Wait, what's the reason for >> views to be invalidated in this case? > > Ronny, please correct me if I am wrong. > > But I think the reason is to allow using the *entire* design document > to help build views. If so, the _rev invalidation is one thing, but > changing CouchDB to send the entire ddoc will be a more substantial > change. > > At any rate, this is why some example failing unit tests might clarify > the objective. >
why not adding a version property to your ddoc changes ? - benoît
