[MOD] metadata for the repository cache

Henrik Gedenryd h.gedenryd at open.ac.uk
Sun Feb 3 11:56:17 UTC 2002


Bergel Alexandre wrote:

> What do you think of having such information ?
> For exemple, if I want to know all modules stored locally, actually I can list
> the main directory, and then to list its subdirectory. Another solution could
> be to include a metadata file at the root (in the RepositoryCache folder so).
> 
> I think without a such file is better, at least there is no way for the
> repository to be inconsistent. I ask this because I am clearly not expert for
> database management. Also I prefer to expose something which anybody could
> wonder...

I am no expert either, in fact I welcome anyone who knows these things to
contribute. But my thought has also been to avoid redundancies and always
rely on the actual "thing" rather than on info stored about that thing
somewhere. Slower but safer, I would presume.

Henrik





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