Theodore Ts'o:
> One other thought.  Since someone might be trying to debug a core file
> for an executable belonging to a package which has since been
> superceded by a newer version in unstable or in testing, it would be
> useful if there was a Redis (or some other NoSQL) database where you
> can look up a Build-ID and get a package and version number so the
> appropriate dbgsym package can be downloaded by snapshot.debian.org.
> 
> I suppose the Build-Id index implemented by snapshot.debian.org's
> Postgresql, but I suspect storing a build-id -> dbgsym package mapping
> for every single executable released going forward might be somewhat
> large for a single-server database.  :-/
> 
> Is anyone working on anything like tihs?
> 
>                                               - Ted
> 

I believe paultag wanted to write such a service, but I believe it is
currently on the "TODO eventually" stage right now.

Thanks,
~Niels



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