New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 07:58:02AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> 3) As DES pointed out, the package tools must be able
>    to read the metadata before the files.  If you really
>    need a completely separate metadata file, make it
>    the second file in the archive.

Actually, the argument is pretty weak. Being able to extract them
streamable and access the meta-data easily is fine. The remote access
argument is very weak as it doesn't allow e.g. signature checks.

Joerg