Why do we keep trying to solve the Packages file problem? It's a
pseudo-database file, right?
<OVERKILL>Why not create a protocol to query for individual package
entries?</OVERKILL>
OK, so perhaps it's not really overkill, but think about it. People are
worried about bandwidth and database bloat. Answer me this. Why does
everyone need a full copy of all available packages in the Debian
archive? Why not simply ask about information you're interested in?
There are a number of protocols out there that could accommidate such a
solution: ODBC, native SQL clients, X-Path. Hell, GNATS has regex
matching for querying its index file. It might not be much of a stretch
to build a GNATS compatible index.
Anyway, enough brain-storming. Time to go to sleep. ;-)
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Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/
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