[zypp-devel] [pascal.bleser@skynet.be: Re: [opensuse-project] Community Meeting: Package Manager Redesign on Saturday May, 12, 2007]
The domain model is interesting and we should check if we can
join this model with the 'sqlite cache' scheme.
Klaus
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On Tuesday 08 May 2007 13:28:36 Klaus Kaempf wrote:
The domain model is interesting and we should check if we can join this model with the 'sqlite cache' scheme.
Klaus
They have something in common, they are databases, but one is a local cache and the other a software catalog. They dont need to store the dependencies for example. Things we can adopt: - caching screenshots (or we get them on demand?) - caching tags (useful for searching) We are facing the same problems of SCM designers, at some point we will need a "smart" server, for metadata. -- Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett Novell :: SUSE R&D, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: zypp-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: zypp-devel+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote:
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 13:28:36 Klaus Kaempf wrote:
The domain model is interesting and we should check if we can join this model with the 'sqlite cache' scheme.
They have something in common, they are databases, but one is a local cache and the other a software catalog. They dont need to store the dependencies for example.
Indeed, and that's definitely a tricky part. I mean, it would be great to also be able to store dependencies but as we won't be able to resolve them anyway, it would be useless. Resolving the dependencies would mean writing 80% of a package manager... just to display them in the browser no thanks ;) (and if it's not implemented exactly with the same algorithm as YaST2, it will differ from what will happen on the client anyway).
Things we can adopt: - caching screenshots (or we get them on demand?) - caching tags (useful for searching)
Huh, since when do RPM packages have screenshots and tags ? ^^
We are facing the same problems of SCM designers, at some point we will need a "smart" server, for metadata.
Could you elaborate a little ? Sounds like an interesting idea.. :)
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Things we can adopt: - caching screenshots (or we get them on demand?) - caching tags (useful for searching)
Huh, since when do RPM packages have screenshots and tags ? ^^
Well, RPM packages could be extende to have them ... ;-) No, seriously, when we're looking at openSUSE installation repositories (online, CD, DVD), the metadata information is actually a mixture of RPM and 'package database' information. The package database is used to keep information about licenses, translations (summary and description), etc. used to supplement data the package provides. Having (part of) the package database publically available would help to keep track additional properties. Klaus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: zypp-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: zypp-devel+help@opensuse.org
the original announcement: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2007-05/msg00117.html -- Martin Vidner, YaST developer http://en.opensuse.org/User:Mvidner Kuracke oddeleni v restauraci je jako fekalni oddeleni v bazenu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: zypp-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: zypp-devel+help@opensuse.org
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