Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:34:48 +0200 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps)) Message-ID: <20070511153448.GA7516@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <4644847A.5060702@freebsd.org> References: <200705102105.27271.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> <f20c8u$htp$1@sea.gmane.org> <4644847A.5060702@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 07:58:02AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > 3) As DES pointed out, the package tools must be able > to read the metadata before the files. If you really > need a completely separate metadata file, make it > the second file in the archive. Actually, the argument is pretty weak. Being able to extract them streamable and access the meta-data easily is fine. The remote access argument is very weak as it doesn't allow e.g. signature checks. Joerg
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