clarify re %pagestate persistence

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template.mdwn b/doc/todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/auto-create_tag_pages_according_to_a_template.mdwn
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@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ wrong direction.
 >>>> regardless whether the corresponding page exists or not.
 >>>> --[[David_Riebenbauer]]
 
+>>>>> Sorry, I'll try to be clearer: `autoindex` hard-codes that the [[index]] page
+>>>>> of the entire wiki is the one responsible for storing the page state. That
+>>>>> page isn't responsible for the creation of the tag page, it's just an
+>>>>> arbitrary page that's (more or less) guaranteed to exist. --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>>> I don't like that [[plugins/autoindex]] has to do that,
+>>>>> but `%pagestate` values are only stored for pages that exist,
+>>>>> so it was necessary. (Another way to look at this is that
+>>>>> `%pagestate` is not the ideal data structure.) --[[Joey]]
+
 >>> * `autoindex` forgets that a page was deleted when that page is
 >>>   re-created