Re: 4.5 features: Automagically export package metadata

[Jeff Johnson]

On Jun 8, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Michael Jennings wrote:

 Some of the usage cases for an rpmdb are getting quite complex,
 like applets and web servers, and handling rpmdb locking simply
 cannot be tolerated, supported, or otherwise discussed rationally
 with web mistresses and GUI applet developers. Its easier going
 forward to just supply custom content to a designated target
 location for application specific purposes.

Crazy thought:  Other than performance, what would prevent someone
from implementing rpmdb entirely using the filesystem?

You mean like dpkg does?

Nothing. But performance, not locking, is the key issue
for choosing a representation of the installed package set.

73 de Jeff


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