Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:12:56 +0200 From: Anders Nore <andenore@start.no> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding .db support to pkg_tools Message-ID: <op.ua1q7ujn2n4ijf@duckjen.nextgentel.no> In-Reply-To: <20080511190741.GB47383@lizzy.catnook.local> References: <op.uavxx8ip2n4ijf@duckjen.nextgentel.no> <20080509124308.GA596@britannica.bec.de> <9FC19AC2-DAD8-418C-8B9C-F129DEC58CEF@gmail.com> <20080511190741.GB47383@lizzy.catnook.local>
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On Sun, 11 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200, Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 06:38:25AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> +1. BDB is quite easy to corrupt... > > If we're going to use a binary file format, please consider using SQLite > instead. It has the right license, a nice API (transactions!) and is > robust > enough for yum to use it for a similar purpose. > One of the reasons for using BDB is that it is in the base system, SQLite however is not.
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