[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #424: Magic filter limits are a bad idea

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#424: Magic filter limits are a bad idea
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 Reporter:  chrisc  |        Owner:  olly    
     Type:  defect  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal  |    Milestone:  1.2.4   
Component:  Omega   |      Version:          
 Severity:  normal  |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:          |    Blockedby:          
 Platform:  All     |     Blocking:          
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Comment(by james):

 The only situation not catered for that I can see is wanting to set a more
 proscriptive set of limits for filters than for `omindex`. Of course,
 people can do this anyway by wrapping (or auto-wrapping in a `ccache`
 style) the programs invoked as filters.

 So I'd be moderately in favour of:

  * removing the filter limit entirely
  * closing this ticket

 and certainly in favour of:

  * not making filter limits configurable
  * closing this ticket

 Either way, configurability doesn't belong inside `omindex`; use the
 operating system controls to do this sort of thing.

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