[pacman-dev] package PKGINFO format vs DB format

[Xavier]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:49:12AM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote:
> 
> And it died again it seems!
> 
> This is a lot of work, and I'm trying to keep on top of these things....
> 
> So here's the operative question to get the ball rolling.
> 
> Which format do we like more?
> 
> [
>     foo = bar
>     baz = blah
> ]
> vs
> [
>     %FOO%
>     bar
> 
>     %BAZ%
>     blah
> ]
> 
> And try not to think about where/when bash and python and things like
> that need this data - that's a non-issue as we can always write helper
> utils using libalpm's parsing if it becomes really hard for things
> like, say, namcap.

Which files exactly are we talking about?
What about "files" (no pun intended ;) in the local db?