From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:18:36 GMT
Subject: Re: Index/hash order
Message-ID: <20050413201836.GA27694@elte.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20050413201523.GC27088@elte.hu>


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> > I think abusing the immutable bit quickly will decend into the same 
> > rathole which makes u-w often useless.  u-w will actually be preserved 
> > by more tools -- simply because they know about it -- than +i.
> 
> well, the 'owned by another user' solution is valid though, and doesnt 
> have this particular problem. (We've got a secure multiuser OS, so can 
> as well use it to protect the DB against corruption.)

but ... this variant doesnt have any 'wow' feeling to it either, and it 
clearly brings in a number of other limitations. I might as well shut up 
until i can suggest something obviously superior :)

	Ingo