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diff --git a/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn index 8ead0815c..f4cbdfc8b 100644 --- a/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/transient_pages.mdwn @@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ It could also be used for an [[todo/alias_directive]]. -------------------------- -[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/transient-only author="[[smcv]]"]] -[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/transient-recentchanges author="[[smcv]]"]] +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/transient author="[[smcv]]"]] +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/transient-recentchanges author="[[smcv]]"]] +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/transient-tag author="[[smcv]]"]] [[!tag patch]] I think this branch is now enough to be useful. It adds the following: @@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ as an underlay. I'm not sure whether this should be a plugin or core, so I erred on the side of more plugins; I think it's "on the edge of the core", like goto. -Pages with the default extension in the transient underlay are automatically +Pages in the transient underlay are automatically deleted if a page of the same name is created in the srcdir (or an underlay closer to the srcdir in stacking order). -With the additional `transient-tag` branch, +With the additional `ready/transient-tag` branch, `tag` enables `transient`, and if `tag_autocreate_commit` is set to 0 (default 1), autocreated tags are written to the transient underlay. There is a regression test. @@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ There is a regression test. With the additional `transient-autoindex` branch, `autoindex` uses autofiles. It also enables `transient`, and if `autoindex_commit` is set to 0 (default 1), autoindexes are written to -the transient underlay. There is a regression test. +the transient underlay. There is a regression test. However, this branch +is blocked by working out what the desired behaviour is, on +[[todo/autoindex_should_use_add__95__autofile]]. > I wonder why this needs to be configurable? I suppose that gets back to > whether it makes sense to check these files in or not. The benefits of @@ -67,9 +70,11 @@ the transient underlay. There is a regression test. > commit clutter is really worth it. >> According to the last section of ->> [[todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template]], chrysn and +>> [[todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template]], [[chrysn]] and >> Eric both feel rather strongly that it should be possible to ->> not commit any tags. I made it configurable because, as you point out, +>> not commit any tags; in [[plugins/autoindex/discussion]], +>> lollipopman and [[JoeRayhawk]] both requested the same for autoindex. +>> I made it configurable because, as you point out, >> there are also reasons why it makes sense to check these >> automatically-created files in. I'm neutral on this, personally. >> @@ -95,8 +100,8 @@ the transient underlay. There is a regression test. autoindex ignores pages in the transient underlay when deciding whether to generate an index. -With the additional `transient-recentchanges` branch, new recent changes -go in the transient underlay; I tested this manually. +With the additional `ready/transient-recentchanges` branch, new recent +changes go in the transient underlay; I tested this manually. Not done yet (in that branch, at least): @@ -130,51 +135,57 @@ Not done yet (in that branch, at least): >> Here are some other things I'd like to think about first: --[[Joey]] >> >> * There's a FIXME in autoindex. - ->>> Right, the extra logic for preventing autoindex pages from being ->>> re-created. This is taking a while, so I'm going to leave out the ->>>> autoindex part for the moment. The FIXME is only relevant ->>>> because I tried to solve ->>>> [[todo/autoindex should use add__95__autofile]] first, but ->>>> strictly speaking, that's an orthogonal change. --s +>> +>> > Right, the extra logic for preventing autoindex pages from being +>> > re-created. This is taking a while, so I'm going to leave out the +>> > autoindex part for the moment. The FIXME is only relevant +>> > because I tried to solve +>> > [[todo/autoindex should use add__95__autofile]] first, but +>> > strictly speaking, that's an orthogonal change. --s >> * Suggest making recentchanges unlink the transient page >> first, and only unlink from the old location if it wasn't >> in the transient location. Ok, it only saves 1 syscall :) - ->>> Is an unlink() really that expensive? But, OK, fixed in the ->>> `transient-recentchanges` branch. --s +>> +>> > Is an unlink() really that expensive? But, OK, fixed in the +>> > `ready/transient-recentchanges` branch. --s >> * Similarly it's a bit worrying for performance that it >> needs to pull in and use `Cwd` on every ikiwiki startup now. >> I really don't see the need; `wikistatedir` should >> mostly be absolute, and ikiwiki should not chdir in ways >> that break it anyway. - ->>> The reason to make it absolute is that relative underlays ->>> are interpreted as relative to the base underlay directory, ->>> not the cwd. ->>> ->>> The updated `transient-only` branch only loads `Cwd` if ->>> the path is relative; an extra commit on branch ->>> `smcv/transient-relative` goes behind `add_underlay`'s ->>> back to allow use of a cwd-relative underlay. Which direction ->>> would you prefer? --s +>> +>> > The reason to make it absolute is that relative underlays +>> > are interpreted as relative to the base underlay directory, +>> > not the cwd, by `add_underlay`. +>> > +>> > The updated `ready/transient-only` branch only loads `Cwd` if +>> > the path is relative; an extra commit on branch +>> > `smcv/transient-relative` goes behind `add_underlay`'s +>> > back to allow use of a cwd-relative underlay. Which direction +>> > would you prefer? +>> > +>> > I note in passing that [[plugins/autoindex]] and `IkiWiki::Render` +>> > both need to use `Cwd` and `File::Find` on every refresh, so +>> > there's only any point in avoiding `Cwd` for runs that don't +>> > actually refresh, like simple uses of the CGI. --s >> * Unsure about the use of `default_pageext` in the `change` >> hook. Is everything in the transientdir really going >> to use that pageext? Would it be better to look up the >> complete source filename? - ->>> At the moment everything in the transientdir will either ->>> have the `default_pageext` or be internal, although I ->>> did wonder whether to make [[plugins/contrib/album]] ->>> viewer pages optionally be `html`, for better performance ->>> when there's a very large number of photos. ->>> ->>> A more thorough garbage-collection mechanism would be to ->>> use File::Find on the transient directory; I'll get there ->>> eventually. --s +>> +>> > I've updated `ready/transient` to do a more thorough GC by +>> > using File::Find on the transient directory. This does +>> > require `File::Find` and `Cwd`, but only when pages change, +>> > and `refresh` loads both of those in that situation anyway. +>> > +>> > At the moment everything in the transientdir will either +>> > have the `default_pageext` or be internal, although I +>> > did wonder whether to make [[plugins/contrib/album]] +>> > viewer pages optionally be `html`, for better performance +>> > when there's a very large number of photos. --s -------------------------- |