Re: gEDA-user: symbol databases, was Re: Wish list, sort of

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:26:08 -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:

> But database servers, MySQL servers
> in particular, are pretty ubiquitous, and the API is easy.

No doubt, a data base can be fine and powerful. However, many tasks have 
to be implemented by the application. From the top of my head:
searching, editing, versioning,	back-up, character encoding, permissions, 
import/export, updates, ...

Failure to do these tasks properly would cripple the user experience. A 
directory based approach can refer the user to the general tools of the 
OS. No need to spend valuable developer resources on this kind of 
infrastructure.  

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