[Mailman-Developers] Requirements for a new archiver

[Brad Knowles]

At 11:48 AM -0500 2003/10/29, J C Lawrence wrote:

>>  You need a guaranteed unique id to be used as a primary index field.
>
>  "Need" is a strong word.  Its very deployment and use-case sensitive.

	In the case of a database, it is a hard requirement.  A primary 
index field must be guaranteed unique.  There is absolutely no way 
around this issue.

>  "Need"?  No.  It is a deployment choice with easily understood
>  ramifications.

	Perhaps for the application, but this is a totally different 
ballgame when it comes to a database.  Google for "primary index 
field", and hopefully you will understand.

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