New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Ivan Voras <ivoras at fer.hr> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> > The world would be a much nicer place if people would stop redefining
> > technical terms to mean whatever suits them.
> I think you're overreacting. You say: if the database is consistent,
> it's ACID ("Avoiding database corruption is a necessary requirement
> for, rather than a consequence of, ACID") and I say: if the database
> is ACID, it's consistent. Aren't we both right?

First, that's not what I'm saying.  Look up "requirement" and
"consequence" in a dictionary (and read up on Leibniz if you feel like
it)

Second, ACID is much more than not corrupting the database.  It also
means returning consistent results for the duration of a transaction,
for instance.

DES
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