Request for comments: port-tags

Anton Berezin tobez at freebsd.org
Mon Nov 7 08:44:27 PST 2005


On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 08:21:19AM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:

> Personal preference is a seperate data base, it will slow down generation of
> the INDEX anyways if you combine them and will be more efficient if set up 
> correctly.  A flat text file IMO is ideal.  A quick glance at your is it 
> contains too much info. Make it simple and I think more programmers/scripters 
> will make use of it.
> 
> This all that is really needed, from that pkg-desc or comments may be easily
> retreived/searched because your database is provideing a quick index to them, 
> then all you have to do is concentrate on making the tagging portion smart.

This is not very difficult to arrange.  :-)

  http://bsd2.be/port-tags/TAGS.bz2

Updated with the same frequency as the database itself, that is, for now
daily.

\Anton.
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