[Tikiwiki-devel] Patch to support prefs in db with time based caching (i.e. clustered servers)

[Lee E. <lee...@db...>]

Hi,

Attached is a small patch that implements preference caching based on 
last modification time of the database table rather than blindly using 
local files, i.e. it should work in a clustered server solution.

Upside:  it's a small mod, and doesn't change the structure of the 
database at all.

Downside:  there will be one extra db-query each time to look-up whether 
the preferences have changed.

Being quite new to this I don't really understand everyone's priorities 
... is this type of change ok as it stands or do we need to find a way 
to make this optional (avoiding the glaring catch-22 situation)?

Anyway, patches to tikilib.php and tiki-setup.php attached for your comment.

Cheers,

Lee.