see the following for background discussion:
http://groups.google.com/group/ankisrs-users/browse_thread/thread/4db5e82f7dff74fb
- change sched index to the more efficient gid, queue, due
- drop the dynamic index support. as there's no no q/a cache anymore, it's
cheap enough to hit the cards table directly, and we can't use the index in
its new form.
- drop order by clauses (see todo)
- ensure there's always an active group. if users want to study all groups at
once, they need to create a top level group. we do this because otherwise
the 'top level group' that's active when everything is selected is not
clear.
to do:
- new cards will appear in gid order, but the gid numbers don't reflect
alphabetical sorting. we need to change the scheduling code so that it steps
through each group in turn
- likewise for the learn queue
As discussed on the forums, moving to a single collection requires moving some
deck-level configuration into groups so users can have different settings like
new cards/day for each top level item.
Also:
- store id in groups
- add mod time to gconf updates
- move the limiting code that's not specific to scheduling into groups.py
- store the current model id per top level group
Like the previous change, models have been moved from a separate DB table to
an entry in the deck. We need them for many operations including reviewing,
and it's easier to keep them in memory than half on disk with a cache that
gets cleared every time we .reset(). This means they are easily serialized as
well - previously they were part Python and part JSON, which made access
confusing.
Because the data is all pulled from JSON now, the instance methods have been
moved to the model registry. Eg:
model.addField(...) -> deck.models.addField(model, ...).
- IDs are now timestamped as with groups et al.
- The data field for plugins was also removed. Config info can be added to
deck.conf; larger data should be stored externally.
- Upgrading needs to be updated for the new model structure.
- HexifyID() now accepts strings as well, as our IDs get converted to strings
in the serialization process.
- use negative numbers to denote second intervals
- record the rev ivl when leaving lrn queue
- improve revlog upgrade
- don't truncate precision when recording time taken