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-rw-r--r--portato/db/__init__.py5
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diff --git a/portato/db/__init__.py b/portato/db/__init__.py
index 05dbfcf..d36f900 100644
--- a/portato/db/__init__.py
+++ b/portato/db/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ from ..helper import debug, warning
_SESSION = None
_TYPE = None
+types = {
+ "sql": (_("SQLite"), _("Uses an SQLite-database to store package information.\nMay take longer to generate at the first time, but has advantages if portato is re-started with an unchanged portage tree. Additionally it allows to use fast SQL expressions for fetching the data.")),
+ "dict": (_("Hashmap"), _("Uses an in-memory hashmap to store package information.\nHas been used since at least version 0.3.3, but all information has to be regenerated on each startup."))
+ }
+
def _set_type(t):
global _TYPE
_TYPE = t