Re: [gentoo-server] Re: requirements for a more stable portage tree

[Andy Dustman]

Jerry McBride wrote:

> Portage SHOULD have a database backend. MySql would be perfect. In the name
> of performance, at least have a second look at this.

I don't think mandating any relational database as a pre-requisite to 
Portage is a good idea, unless you implement it in such a way that you 
have it as a pluggable backend, i.e. you can stick with the current 
filesystem method, or bdb, or MySQL, or PostgreSQL, or whatever.

There are some plusses to having the database backend: Centralized tree, 
and fast queries. Downside: Extra complexity, and how often do you need 
to query the tree anyway?

And yes, this is my project:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
a.k.a. dev-python/mysql-python
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