--- - branch: MAIN date: Fri Apr 21 21:07:09 UTC 2017 files: - new: '1.1' old: '0' path: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/DESCR pathrev: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/DESCR@1.1 type: added - new: '1.1' old: '0' path: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/Makefile pathrev: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/Makefile@1.1 type: added - new: '1.1' old: '0' path: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/PLIST pathrev: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/PLIST@1.1 type: added - new: '1.1' old: '0' path: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/distinfo pathrev: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid/distinfo@1.1 type: added id: 20170421T210709Z.81ab4de78397c00edcbcea667de8bbbbfeea0542 log: | Import ruby-globalid-0.4.0 as devel/ruby-globalid A Global ID is an app wide URI that uniquely identifies a model instance. This is helpful when you need a single identifier to reference different classes of objects. One example is job scheduling. We need to reference a model object rather than serialize the object itself. We can pass a Global ID that can be used to locate the model when it's time to perform the job. The job scheduler doesn't need to know the details of model naming and IDs, just that it has a global identifier that references a model. Another example is a drop-down list of options, consisting of both Users and Groups. Normally we'd need to come up with our own ad hoc scheme to reference them. With Global IDs, we have a universal identifier that works for objects of both classes. module: pkgsrc subject: 'CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/ruby-globalid' unixtime: '1492808829' user: minskim