Modifying "msg" and "file" files

Dear Roundup Developers!

I am new to roundup, and it seems very impressive; I really like its
customizability. I bring up the same question as I asked on IRC today
(sorry for the duplication, I think this is the better place for the
discussion).

My question is that if I modify an existing "msg1" or "file1" file in
the db directory of the tracker, then the Roundup database will remain
consistent? (Or does the database rely on some properties of the
created file, like size or md5sum etc.?) I want to do this, because
sometimes it would be nice to edit messages or wipe out large files 
(e.g. email attachments) on the disk by replacing them to an empty files
(which does not break the "retirement" design of roundup).

I did not find the answer to this question in the documentation.
By inspection, it *seems* that modifying these files does not break
anything, and I will give a deeper look to the relevant parts of the
code. But I would be secure, if any of the main developers could confirm
my "observation" / "conjecture", because probably I would never
understand the whole source code like them. 

And if the modification of these files are (unofficially) supported,
then what is your suggested method for doing that (I mean, using as much
Roundup API as possible).

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Gábor Nagy






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