On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jan Kurik <jkurik(a)redhat.com> wrote:
= Proposed System Wide Change: Change Proposal Name NewRpmDBFormat =
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NewRpmDBFormat
Change owner(s):
* Florian Festi < ffesti AT redhat DOT com >
Change format of the RPM Database from Berkeley DB to RPM's own format.
== Detailed Description ==
The current implementation of the RPM Database is based on Berkeley
DB. There are doubts about the its future and level of maintenance. In
addition rpm's use of the database has multiple issues on its own. As
a result RPM upstream is working to replace the database format with a
new implementation.
== Scope ==
Proposal owners:
* Test and release the already implemented database format.
* Make sure it is supported by all important tools
- Tools using librpm should not be affected
- Libsolv is the most prominent tool accessing the rpmdb directly
and needs adjustment
*Tooling for converting existing databases.
How will this work for upgrades? Is a db conversation needed before
the upgrade? Or can it be done afterwards?