Fink:FileDatabase

Introduction

The file database (FDB) is Fink's answer to http://packages.debian.org/ . A project being implemented by msachs and RangerRick, it will let you see which fink packages a file belongs to and vice versa. buildfink is typically used to populate the database, and the source is part of the buildfink tree.

TODO

Release Blockers

• Permalink support (make things bookmarkable)
• Searching
• Figure out relationship between FDB and PDB (integrate? subsume?)
• MySQL support
• Interface refinements (arrows don't load consistently, need to pretty it up)

Future Enhancements

• Move to Subversion?
• Allow buildfink to use the database to resolve missing deps
• Fancy operations (other than search and browse)
  • Reports
  • Comparisons