DPS Initial Ideas

[Ivan Voras]

David Naylor wrote:

> 
> I am looking at a hybrid approach to storing the package metadata, a 
> combination of SQLite and compressed text files.  I am hoping to create a 
> situation where if either gets corrupted it can be created from the other.  

... throwing away transaction safety, as it means updating 2 completely
unrelated (and unrelatable) data stores.

(I'm not against your work, I'm just pointing out an area where you need
to be extra careful - some kind of 2pc protocol to update both sides may
be required).

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