On Dec 17, 2007 7:36 PM, Thufir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:38:30 -0200, Raphael wrote: > > > > I believe that a good solution would be evolving Portage to use > > different forms of storage, like databases or even LDAP. In a home > > desktop, you could use SQLite, which is light weight. In a Office > > enviroment, you could use a larger database, like MySQL or PostgreSQL. > > In this second case, it would even make sharing the package list faster, > > since the only current method is sharing it over NFS. > > > > I understand that doing so could bloat Portage dependencies, but > > it is, IMHO, a good way to improve its speed. > > This is an interesting idea. if portage were to use a database, there > could be, for instance, a ruby on rails app for a interface! :) > > > Using a database store for something like this sounds like windows registry vs /etc
