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Tangential lacing is no guarantee against cracked flanges, unfortunately, although radial lacing is far worse.
If you're going to lace radially without a maker's guarantee, you need a forged hub shell and the maximum amount of metal between the spokes. This means a 28 hole hub is better than a 36 hole hub for this particular purpose, and l/f hubs are better than s/f. I would say you are reasonably safe with a Shimano hub, since these are forged (at least the reasonable quality ones are).