[RFC] Strawman replacement local directory state

[Kevin Smith]

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 11:50 -0500, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> While we are talking about strawmen, what about using an sqlite db for
> the dirstate.

I know this is a regious/flamey topic, but there are lots of rumors
about sqlite being unreliable, at least under certain circumstances.
Before reacting to that, please go back and re-read it so you are sure
you understand what I just said (and did not say).

If sqlite is seriously considered, I would hope those (potential) issues
would be fully researched, and determined to be false or not applicable.

Personally, I have a strong anti-database bias, so I would favor some
kind of text file approach, all things being equal.

Oh, and I don't really understand the issues, but would this use of
sqlite affect the ability to serve repos on a plain html server? I
assume not, since you probably wouldn't have even suggested it if it
would.

Kevin