----- Original Message ----- From: "Stipe Tolj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > why? if the metadata is held in a database and all setup.hints are > generated out of it we have no problems about consistence?!
We've had that - setup.ini was the database, and updating was a PITA, because it couldn't be easily distributed. Setup.hint allows the metadata to be altered by the maintainer - without needing a central repository. Also, federating a database is _hard_. Federating package metadata by associating it with the packages is trivial. I've no objection to you generating a database from the package metadata, but it *must* be that way around. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
