On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Zygmunt Bazyli Krynicki <zygmunt.kryni...@linaro.org> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 12:05 +0200, Alexander Sack wrote: >> Out of interest, does anyone know why dpkg/apt never migrated >> from the >> "massive sequential text file" approach to something more >> database-oriented? I've often thought that the current >> system's >> scalability has been under pressure for a long time, and that >> there is >> potential for substantial improvements in footprint and >> performance - >> though the Debian and Ubuntu communities would need to give >> their >> support for such an approach, unless we wanted to switch to a >> different packaging system. >> >> >> >> CCed mvo who can probably give some background here. From what I >> understand it's a long standing wishlist bug with potential to break >> the world :-P > > Michael, if anyone would like to attempt to fix this I'd like to help > with the actual dirty work. > > ZK
Maybe one to discuss with Debian folks and/or raise at next UDS? _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
