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diff --git a/databases/edb/pkg-descr b/databases/edb/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3dd5f74de38c --- /dev/null +++ b/databases/edb/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Enlightenment Database Library + +Edb is intended to provide a stable API and file format for archiving +configuration, theme and other data available all the time for access at +random really fast. Edb can store any kind of data in key-value pair format. +Random access reading and writing is FAST as the core of Edb used a berkley. +Edb provides a convenience API designed to make access fast AND improves access +speed by caching open db's until a flush and providing conveience macros too. +It also will be used to store image data and geometry data for theme files so +the information can be accessed without needing to unarchive files and can be +edited without having to unarchive and re-archive, and still be accesses at +random really quickly. Documentation is provided as comments in the Edb.h header +file. + +Edb will be used for all config theme and meta data stroage for E17/EFM +etc. sine it provides FAST random-access read/write of any data wanted +(binary, string, integert, floating point) withotu the need to +unpack/repack files - data can be etxracted and put back at whim with a +simple API from which simple or complex tools can be built. + +--Raster +raster@rasterman.com + +Website: http://www.enlightenment.org/ +Maintainer: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> |