Meteor-Community-Packages/meteor-roles

Add ability to disable the roles subscription

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#256 opened on Nov 2, 2017

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Description

Currently every user who visits the site creates a subscription to the roles collection. However, this is a waste since we never update that collection, thus it would be better to just embed the list of roles into the source code. I wish we could disable this subscription globally, or make it use a "virtual collection" of some sort that doesn't have any server overhead. Any idea how this could be done?

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Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
backendperformance
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Basic Meteor package knowledgeUnderstanding of Meteor subscriptions
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
The issue requests a way to disable the automatic subscription to the roles collection in meteor roles. Investigate the package's source code to understand how subscriptions are currently set up. Look at the GitHub repository's issues and PRs for prior discussion (9 comments). Consider implementing a configuration option to toggle the subscription or a virtual collection approach. The research should focus on how to modify the package's initialization code to make roles subscription optional.
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