[Adium-devl] More Logging Decisions

[Graham Booker]

On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:54 AM, David Smith wrote:

> XML:
> 	pros: close to done, semi-human readable, liked by several other
> clients
> 	cons: apparently rather slower than properly done sqlite, which is
> claimed to be a major problem for irc/jabber confs
>

One critical pro that is missing from the list for XML (and likewise  
a con for SQLite).
The ability to open in a web browser.  In Fire, a tremendous number  
of our users like to open the logs within a web browser.  In  
addition, I do this myself several times when I want to have a friend  
read a conversation I had with someone else.  It is nice to be able  
to simply upload the log file to a web server and have someone read  
it in a web browser.  This also includes the ability to read the log  
files through an ssh session (which several of our users do) without  
knowing before hand that they are going to do it.

Another pro for XML is one can easily sync between two computers.  I  
currently use a rsync script for sync of log files within Fire.  I  
don't see an easy way to do this with SQLite.

I agree with Jeffrey, in that we should stick with XML for now, and  
deal with speed issues if they should arise.
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