When Tobias and I first developed the "abuse-c:" mechanism we wanted to keep the design simple. But eventually we were overruled by the community who preferred ease of use over simple design. So we are where we are :)

cheers

denis

co-chair DB-WG

On Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 13:14:38 CEST, Stephane.Dodeller@swisscom.com <stephane.dodeller@swisscom.com> wrote:

Hello Leo,

Hello all,

> I have no objection to creating useful tools for people to use when

> managing their resources. That said, whenever the data structure is so

> complex that a special tool is needed to help people understand it, I

> wonder if the real problem is the data structure.

Such a tool would certainly bring something, but may not be needed if we could simplify the structure in the first place.

Best regards

Stéphane Dodeller