#1445 closed defect (wontfix)
"tempdir" field is in the wrong section of tahoe.cfg
| Reported by: | zooko | Owned by: | somebody |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | undecided |
| Component: | code | Version: | 1.8.2 |
| Keywords: | docs configuration usability cruft | Cc: | |
| Launchpad Bug: |
Description
As far as I can tell, the tempdir field from the "node" section of the configuration file belongs in the "client" section, because a temp directory for uploading files is only used for clients/gateways.
See also #1444, which is about related documentation issues.
Change History (5)
comment:1 follow-up: ↓ 2 Changed at 2011-07-26T19:18:28Z by davidsarah
comment:2 in reply to: ↑ 1 Changed at 2011-07-28T04:36:14Z by zooko
Replying to davidsarah:
If this field were moved from [node] to [client], then for compatibility with existing tahoe.cfg files we'd have to accept it in either place, and specify which took precedence (or give an error if it is in both places), and document that.
Good points.
Is it really worth the complexity?
I would say "yes", except that the very existence of tempdir is hated by me (see one of my favorite tickets, #1288), so I guess I would rather spend my time trying to make tempdir obsolete than migrating it as you say.
comment:3 Changed at 2011-08-26T21:33:16Z by davidsarah
- Component changed from unknown to code
- Keywords cruft added
- Owner changed from nobody to somebody
comment:4 follow-up: ↓ 5 Changed at 2011-09-26T20:19:26Z by zooko
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from new to closed
Let's wontfix this because I don't want to spend the costs to fix the configuration when I'd rather work to obsolete the feature (the existence of a temporary directory).
If this field were moved from [node] to [client], then for compatibility with existing tahoe.cfg files we'd have to accept it in either place, and specify which took precedence (or give an error if it is in both places), and document that. Is it really worth the complexity?