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#  Conservative
#  Conservative
## Keep the existing system, merely add a new keyword to
* Keep the existing system, merely add a new keyword to the track definition line, e.g. "db=<data type>" and handle it in a similar manner to how wiggle tracks are handled now




#  Radical
#  Radical
* Remove all existing code for custom track handling and perhaps
a new system could function more like existing tracks and not need
special handling all over the place.

Revision as of 17:39, 21 April 2006

Custom Track Database design

Ideas:

  1. Conservative
  • Keep the existing system, merely add a new keyword to the track definition line, e.g. "db=" and handle it in a similar manner to how wiggle tracks are handled now


  1. Radical
  • Remove all existing code for custom track handling and perhaps

a new system could function more like existing tracks and not need special handling all over the place.