[Typo3-dev] community extension buddy list

[Michael Scharkow]

Christoph Koehler wrote:

> All this seems to be a lot of hassle for something so simple.
> Would you guys prefer to have rows for each friend-friend relationship? 
> So  that there will be rows like this:
> 
> row1: buddy1 = uid 1 buddy2 = uid 2
> row2: buddy1 = uid 2 buddy2 = uid 1
> 
> This seems to generate a lot of duplicate information in the db (and  
> that's how cwt_community does it, but it also allows non-mutual friends)

1. Non-mutual friends is a good idea (or rather auto-mutual friends is a 
bad idea because you can't validate the claim of symmetric relationships)

2. M-M friend-table is the way to go, as it perfectly fits the data model.

3. I don't see how you get any duplicate information in the db with this 
model.

Greetings,
Michael