On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jan Kurik <jku...@redhat.com> wrote: > = Proposed System Wide Change: Change Proposal Name NewRpmDBFormat = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NewRpmDBFormat > > Change owner(s): > * Florian Festi < ffesti AT redhat DOT com > > > > Change format of the RPM Database from Berkeley DB to RPM's own format. > > == Detailed Description == > The current implementation of the RPM Database is based on Berkeley > DB. There are doubts about the its future and level of maintenance. In > addition rpm's use of the database has multiple issues on its own. As > a result RPM upstream is working to replace the database format with a > new implementation. > > == Scope == > Proposal owners: > * Test and release the already implemented database format. > * Make sure it is supported by all important tools > - Tools using librpm should not be affected > - Libsolv is the most prominent tool accessing the rpmdb directly > and needs adjustment > *Tooling for converting existing databases.
How will this work for upgrades? Is a db conversation needed before the upgrade? Or can it be done afterwards? -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
