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Date:      Mon, 12 May 2008 09:58:53 -0700
From:      Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com>
To:        Anders Nore <andenore@start.no>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Adding .db support to pkg_tools
Message-ID:  <20080512165853.GA11324@lizzy.catnook.local>
In-Reply-To: <op.ua1q7ujn2n4ijf@duckjen.nextgentel.no>
References:  <op.uavxx8ip2n4ijf@duckjen.nextgentel.no> <20080509124308.GA596@britannica.bec.de> <9FC19AC2-DAD8-418C-8B9C-F129DEC58CEF@gmail.com> <20080511190741.GB47383@lizzy.catnook.local> <op.ua1q7ujn2n4ijf@duckjen.nextgentel.no>

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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 05:12:56PM +0200, Anders Nore wrote:
> One of the reasons for using BDB is that it is in the base system, SQLite 
> however is not.

I'm aware of that. But I believe that the pain and suffering of importing and
maintaining SQLite in the base (that is, the cost) is outweighed by its richer
feature set and higher-level API, facilitating easier tools development.

-- 
Jos Backus
jos at catnook.com



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