On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:36:54AM -0700, Mark Diggory 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.

I am having difficulty imagining a script for this which wouldn't be a
bit indiscriminate.  What happens if a site has already inserted a
"new" type locally?  What happens if a site has locally modified an
updated type?  Does the step error out?  Do people panic when they see
DB badness messages?

-- 
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he
means the exact opposite.

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