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mod_client_management: Include software version in table (when known) Showing software versions could be useful for statistical reasons, e.g. determining how quickly (or not) users upgrade, but most importantly for revoking vulnerable clients versions in case of a security issue.
author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 - 'Type-Storage'
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5 summary: Experimental map store optimized for small incremental changes
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8 This is an experimental storage driver where changed data is appended.
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9 Data is simply written as `key = value` pairs to the end of the file.
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10 This allows changes to individual keys to be written without needing to
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11 write out the entire object again, but reads would grow gradually larger
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12 as it still needs to read old overwritten keys. This may be suitable for
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13 e.g. rosters where individual contacts are changed at a time. In theory,
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14 this could also allow rolling back changes.
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16 Requires 0.10