Issue
There is a different behaviour of various plugins whether their name is absolute or relative, including:
- mounting the same file somewhere else does not work
- importing somewhere else (other than from where it was exported) does not work (See here)
Constraints
- at least the dump plugin must be able to handle its old files
Assumptions
- it still will be easy to support a workflow that exports/imports everything
- mounting across namespaces (user/system) does not make sense
Considered Alternatives
- allow relative/absolute plugins and mark them what they are, tools (e.g. import/export) use this knowledge and react accordingly. This would still not solve issue 1.)
Decision
Key names shall be relative to parent Key name
Argument
Provides a better import/export/remount and also a more uniform experience between different plugins.
Implications
Plugins must be adapted to be relative as tracked here.
plugins should use relative paths so that import/export/remount works
- dump
- xmltool (also supports relative)
- tcl
Related decisions
None
Notes