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  15     <B>Brandon Jank</B>
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  19     <I>Tue May 15 04:06:03 PDT 2001</I>
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  34 <PRE>yea that is complicated, ive only used one link
  35 AKA
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  41 dont entirely get rid of it though, its great for sharing the root if need
  42 be.
  43 question: why dont you just allow multiple roots?
  44
  45 -backburn aka brandon jank
  46 ----- Original Message -----
  47 From: &quot;Andrew Church&quot; &lt;<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>&gt;
  48 To: &lt;<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices at ircservices.za.net</A>&gt;
  49 Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 6:04 PM
  50 Subject: [IRCServices] Does anyone use nested nick links?
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  53 &gt;<i>      As the subject says, I'd like to know if anyone finds the nested
  54 </I>&gt;<i> link system in Services useful, or if it's unnecessary.  I originally
  55 </I>&gt;<i> modeled the system after symbolic links on Unix (and other) filesystems,
  56 </I>&gt;<i> but as this makes for added complexity and has in fact led to a number
  57 </I>&gt;<i> of bugs in the past as well as administrative difficulties.  So if
  58 </I>&gt;<i> there's no need for having multiple levels of nicks, I'm planning to
  59 </I>&gt;<i> just remove that capability in version 5 and limit links to a single
  60 </I>&gt;<i> level.
  61 </I>&gt;<i>
  62 </I>&gt;<i>      Note that the only case in which this makes a visible difference is
  63 </I>&gt;<i> the following:
  64 </I>&gt;<i>     * Register NickA
  65 </I>&gt;<i>     * Register NickB
  66 </I>&gt;<i>     * Link NickB to NickA
  67 </I>&gt;<i>     * Register NickC
  68 </I>&gt;<i>     * Link NickC to NickB
  69 </I>&gt;<i>     * Unlink NickB from NickA
  70 </I>&gt;<i>     * Change a setting on NickB
  71 </I>&gt;<i> In the nested (current) system, NickC would use the new setting for
  72 </I>&gt;<i> NickB set in the last step, while in a flat system, NickC would retain
  73 </I>&gt;<i> the original settings associated with nick A.  I can see potential cases
  74 </I>&gt;<i> where this functionality can be useful, but if no one is actually using
  75 </I>&gt;<i> links that way, then there's no real need to retain the functionality.
  76 </I>&gt;<i>
  77 </I>&gt;<i>      So, opinions, please: do you need nested links?
  78 </I>&gt;<i>
  79 </I>&gt;<i>   --Andrew Church
  80 </I>&gt;<i>     <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>
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