[geeklog-devel] Draft of schema for GL2

[Tony Bibbs]

Vincent Furia wrote:

>Yes.  If you look in the geeklog code for calls to SEC_inGroup() it is
>really only used for the  Root group.  Most of the other instance
>where it is used it is used against a group id variable.  The
>remainder I would argue are redundant if we better respected
>privileges in 1.3.x.  I'd recommend a "isRoot" function, but I think
>"inGroup" is really not needed except when actually administering
>group membership.
>  
>
Ok, I say we yank it...adding that column in if deemed appropriate isn't 
too hard.

>Better names for those columns wouldn't hurt, I just couldn't come up
>with anything better when I was implementing it in 1.3.x.  I looked
>around at other algorithms when I was first looking into improving the
>performance of comments and didn't find anything better.  If you do
>find something let me know.  This was, by far, the best I found.  The
>biggest downside is that I had to lock the table during inserts, but
>that is really OBE since we can use transactions.
>  
>
Was this an original implementation or was it one you borrowed from 
someplace?  WTF does slashcode use...you'd think they'd have to have 
this issue nailed down by now.

--Tony