From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13887 invoked by uid 1002); 6 Dec 2003 11:42:56 -0600 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 1028 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2003 11:42:55 -0600 From: Steven Elling To: Gentoo Dev In-Reply-To: <1070411258.15117.47.camel@ht.gentoo.org> References: <1070411258.15117.47.camel@ht.gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1070732566.15853.30.camel@radiation.wks.electrostatic.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:42:46 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] initial portage-ng doc online X-Archives-Salt: 15661902-456a-48a4-9cb4-14cd673a3fc9 X-Archives-Hash: 4bca71dd8c96528408ad8d4b68e2351c On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 18:27, Daniel Robbins wrote: > Hi All, > > We have updated the Portage project page: > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/ > > It now includes an updated timeline, a Portage roadmap/TODO (there are a > few broken links in here, known issue) and a Portage-ng specification > document which is viewable here: In section 3 (Provide a coherent model for (meta)data representation and storage), how about a single API for accessing portage data that is both efficient and well-designed with the ability to change the back-end used to store the data. i.e. Allow the user/administrator to setup a database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, dbm, etc.) either locally or remotely and use it to store portage data. Kinda like emergesql but with the ability to store information about what packages are installed on which systems. There are other things that could be done to with this model. How about using different classes of settings for the Portage system (make.conf). Have a class for workstations, servers, firewalls, x86, ppc, Pentium, Athlon, etc. and then place each Gentoo Linux system in one or more of these classes. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list