Re: [pacman-dev] Tar backend for local db

On 01.11.2012 20:11, Xyne wrote:

SQLite makes sense for both sync and local databases. I expect it would be faster and more versatile. The data would be stored in a common data format and not require custom files and parsers. It would facilitate the creation of third-party tools.

Third-party tools *should* use libalpm.

All that aside, +1 for tarring the local db to improve speed, as long as the local files remain easily accessible for manual editing.

vim let's you open tar archives, change a file in there and then save the archive. -- Florian Pritz