On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Martyn Russell <mar...@imendio.com> wrote: > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Is backend independence still on the TODO list or we sticking with >> SQLite indefinitely. > > +1 to what Ivan said. This process takes some time and the leg work is done > so to speak. There are some parts which are very difficult, complex and > don't make sense to generalise at this point. > > If we wanted to write another backend, we would have a lot less work than > before of course, but the connection management would need writing. This > part is quite tricky for SQLite. We can write a more generic interface here > if we need to and if we find it makes sense depending on future > requirements.
Is there things specific to Tracker that SQLite is incapable of providing that would necessitate such a move in future? That is, do you currently to hack around such inadequacies, or is SQLite (with its FTS) up to the task? -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list tracker-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
