On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 12:22:46PM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: > Justin Emmanuel wrote: > > I am brand new to this mailing list, I joined it because I had an idea > > that I would like to have considered. Moving apt to a relational > > database, for several reasons. > > Before reading on, have you considered the following: > > - using an RDB requires a running RDBMS > - running an RDBMS requires memory and cpu usage > - in case of an upgrade RDBMSs often dump there databases and import > them. What will happen when the upgrade fails during this? No > package database would be really bad
Not so with sqlite (although perhaps the second point might be). > - copying parts of the database to another system, or patching it > is not as easy as it is with plain files That, however, most certainly is true. -- Shaw's Principle: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]