From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 20:08:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC6DA16A46D for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:08:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68F8B13C45A for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 20:08:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HslVz-00026i-HS for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 22:08:27 +0200 Received: from 78-1-119-138.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.119.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 22:08:27 +0200 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-119-138.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 22:08:27 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 22:07:12 +0200 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <4659EF80.70100__16104.363036766$1180300054$gmane$org@math.missouri.edu> <465B02C4.2020508@math.missouri.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig279D4A02D1F67CF59DE01083" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-119-138.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: <465B02C4.2020508@math.missouri.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: Looking for speed increases in "make index" and pkg_version for ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 20:08:55 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig279D4A02D1F67CF59DE01083 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: >> As long as far-out ideas are being discussed, how about caching such >> information (including dependenices) in a file (I'd call it a database= >> but then I'd had to start a holy war :) ) so it's calculated only once= , >> preferably on the portsnap / cvsup servers and not at the end-user? >=20 > Because the information is not a constant. For example, the mpg123 por= t > changes its PKGNAME as soon as esound is installed. Maybe the time has come to give up on some of the flexibility the ports tree has (and this particular one is confusing to the users) in favour of gaining speed? --------------enig279D4A02D1F67CF59DE01083 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGWzZwldnAQVacBcgRAs5mAJ9Qw+s+kU+gip4rYavVInmUpLwWFwCgjq2A A8HqGLyhECWg8LK1hNceMWA= =dkcU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig279D4A02D1F67CF59DE01083--