On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:21:56PM +0100, Thomas Sparrevohn wrote: > Well - Naturally if the only index format was based upon XML it would not be > very practical - > However XML currently seems to take the lead when the talk is on portability > as a data format > and it is very easy to convert to "Pure Text" - There seems to be a bias > towards SNMP MIB format > generally in FreeBSD e.g. sysctl etc. which has even worse drawbacks > > But as I said - I very much doubt that the format of the INDEX file and the > on disk package db > structure is the most burning issue for ports - I am sure that there are > optimisations that could improve > the current performance without having to change the structure into SQL - If > however that is the target > then XML would be a significantly better candidate because a proper XML > schema can be used as a > middle layer for all the tools - regardless the storage structure of the > package db etc. - > If we introduced a proper abstraction - then people can use SQL/ flat files > / existing structures > But the tools we still only need one common interface to XML
FYI, "Using XML" and other buzzword-compliance is not currently on the table either. Let's all try to maintain some focus, OK? Kris _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
