Reply on 14-11-2006 15:34:53
For a detailed search do not download metadata but query a server. E.g if im looking for the string "foobar" and content cannot be found in the local
metadatafile, Suse should not download further metadata, but contact an
official server, which does the search.
I do not know, what kind of server we need, if 10 or 100 thousends of clients will start search queries, but I think this may be faster, than fetching so much metadata all the time. I also do not know how many data must be uploaded in order to get this system working, so maybe it's a very bad idea and not realizeable, but perhaps there is a chance.
Marcel, The idea of only having the RPM names / Summary is not bad IMHO. (maybe having an option for the user to decide HOW he would like to add the repo?) The thing with the search engine sounds fascinating, but I don't think it's possible to realize: just think about all the repos that exist out there. How could they possibly EVER be included in a search? And in plus, the server you query should know in which repos to have a look, as obviously it should only offer packages from repos, you're subscribed to. Dominique