Hi Stefano, Something like GDBM hashes or sqlite SQL backend should be ok I presume, however making hard dep to some RDBMS (even mysql) is an overkill as per my opinion.
Cheers, Ruslan 2011/9/5 Stefano <[email protected]>: > i was thinking about the use of a database, re-builded every time the > cache update or upgrade, this because parse the contents of a > directory(/usr/share/app-install/desktop) is very slow, so we can build > the database parsing the directory only the first time, then parse the > database to get the packages faster. we can also add an option in the > edit menu, to re-build the database, called "Force packages list > upgrade" or something similar. > > let me know what you think. > > Stephen Smally > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Looking forward to reading yours. Ruslan N. Marchenko _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
