On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 09:44:29AM +0100, Jan Zelený wrote: > On 29. 1. 2016 at 22:03:00, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > FWIW I found the new database backend (not mentioned anywhere in the > > original submission). It is here: > > > > http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=tree;f=lib/backend/ndb > > > > Since this change has (rashly) been approved by FESCO, I guess we're > > going to be copying this code into some libguestfs tools, and we'll > > have to keep up with changes to RPM. It's a drag compared to using a > > real key-value store. > > May I ask why? Accessing rpm database in a different way than through librpm > API is highly discouraged even now. It's discussed in this thread already. Please see: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/QZG6BVLOOYYGLFJQK5RQ5LAPJIL2KMYF/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/NYEVENDEUVPRMWD7PJM2IJSR54H25SKI/ Even if the RPM database is only accessed via librpm, it's still important that the most central database present on every Fedora system is reliable, well-tested and flexible. Sqlite is a highly regarded piece of software, which runs on billions of Android phones. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests. http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx