On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 09:28:30PM +0200, Toon Claes wrote: > Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > > > ... I have decided to rename this to `odb_alternate`. I don't think > > "shard" works well, as shard is an extremely generic term that doesn't > > really convey much meaning. > > > > On the other hand, I think that `odb_alternate` is quite a good fit. We > > already use it all over the place to mean almost exactly what we are > > after here. And it doesn't seem far-fetched to have an > > `odb_packed_alternate`, `odb_loose_alternate` and `odb_redis_alternate` > > for different backends. > > So a database is a collection of alternates? And the alternates are > stored as a linked list? Yes. > > The only stretch is that the primary object directory is now the primary > > alternate. I think that this is acceptable though' > > This is a very important nuance, and with that knowledge it starts to > click with me. I didn't read this in the commit messages though, so I > think it's worth adding something about that in [PATCH 02/17]. Good point, done now. Patrick
