[install-discuss] Caiman Architecture document posted for review

[Gregory Shaw]

On Dec 14, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Stephen Potter wrote:

> Narendra Kumar S.S wrote:
>> I think we need to brainstorm on this.
>> What are the other ways that we can handle this?
>> What are the implications , if we put a size limit on the contents  
>> file and when it reaches the max_size, open a second file.
>> How does other OSes handle this?
>
> I think you need to go a little lower first.  A size limit isn't  
> useful if the contents need to be sorted.  So, an easy first  
> question is, does the file need to be sorted?  If not, then does  
> the file need to be ASCII or would a DB file be better?
>
> -spp
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Would it be practical to break the contents file into an index of the  
packages, and a for each package name?

The index could then be small and quick to use, and each package  
would then have to write/update only the file for that package.

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