On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Mark Diggory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The inclusion of new formats would have probably been best served as > part of the SQL upgrade in > > http://dspace.svn.sf.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/dspace/ > etc/database_schema_14-15.sql > > Then it would have been part of the update process. This XML file > format thing is a bit overly complex when what really just needs to > happen is that an SQL table is properly updated.
Good point. Would I be right in hazarding a guess that this was originally designed as a gesture toward relatively simple updating of this set of configuration options (without direct database-mucking)? And that this is therefore a special case of the general issues with how difficult DSpace (and its underlying tech stack) is to configure? Dorothea -- Dorothea Salo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digital Repository Librarian AIM: mindsatuw University of Wisconsin Rm 218, Memorial Library (608) 262-5493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
