Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 23:25:58 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DPS Initial Ideas Message-ID: <f25bd9$8k3$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20070512193302.GA24673@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20070512004209.GA12218@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <17989.8202.624522.136573@bhuda.mired.org> <20070512090935.GA13929@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <20070512193302.GA24673@xor.obsecurity.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Kris Kennaway wrote: > First figure out what specific problems need to be solved, then figure > out how to solve them, not the other way around. So far I have seen > little discussion of how SQLite is necessary and sufficient for fixing > fundamental issues. The argument in favour of SQL seems to boil down > to "It's SQL! You can do more complex queries...if you wanted to". I've posted some general ideas (resulting from my experience using the package / port system, not developing for it): 1. speed and simplicity of querying (single query vs traversing a tree of text files) 2. formal data constraints (UNIQUE, CHECK) 3. transaction safety (a consequence of which is the ability to run concurrent installs / updates) 4. easy interface for 3d party tools I admit again that I didn't develop anything with the package / ports subsystems, so there might be other, bigger problems not solvable by sqlite, but I believe the features above could at least solve performance problems. (I also agree there's no point in changing the ports infrastructure itself, just the package tracking database in base system). [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGRjDmldnAQVacBcgRAoNjAJ49nGszEsRLWD5nXX9By0+a63Q1vACgyCgB hA/8hk2m1A0IbmRb2Kijtj4= =KArl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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