Am 21.10.2016 um 21:48 schrieb Eli Schwartz via arch-general:
The reason pacman uses a flat file database as opposed to a relational
database, is the result of a deliberate design decision by the lead
pacman developers.
Therefore, I really really really doubt you will be able to convince
them to change -- they already know all the arguments about speed, and
declared that they preferentially value the current lack of complexity.
Maybe a solution more in line with that would be to implement a search
database similar to updatedb/locate.
