RE: First impressions...

Barry Scott <barry.alan.scott@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Using a database is far more powerful then using a file system.
>
> Being able to use SQL to query the repository is a good solution
> to building the more complex SCM solutions on top of SVN.
>
> My guess would be that folks that want the database backends
> have tackled complex SCM problems and know why the simple interfaces
> to meta data have problems. Speed of query across large sets of
> versions and files being one.

Don't make the mistake of puting an == between "SQL" and "database".
SQL implies a _relational_ database, which I think is totally out of
place here. A hierarchical or object database seems far more
appropriate.

  // Marcus

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Received on Sat Oct 21 14:37:00 2006