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add meta info to local_channels table
Here is the rationale for implementing channel metadata as additional columns in the `local_channels` table of the `channels` db, as opposed to a dedicated `channel_metadata` table of a `audit` db: 1) There is a migration to do (in the `local_channels` table, no less!), but it's just a table migration, as opposed to a data migration, if we had to populate a new table in a separate database. 2) We don't need to worry about creating a new metadata line when a new channel is created (compared to doing add-or-update stuff). It's only _updating_ optional columns in a best-effort manner. 3) We don't need to worry about inconsistencies between two tables located in two separated databases (that's a big one). 4) We may want to use the metadata during operations, not just for audit purposes. For example to close channels that have stayed unused for a long time. 5) The audit db is an append-only log of events and shouldn't be used for anything else. There is no `UPDATE` sql statement in `*AuditDb.scala`. The `channel_metadata` would break that heuristic.
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