Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 22:07:12 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for speed increases in "make index" and pkg_version for ports Message-ID: <f3fcpk$30t$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <465B02C4.2020508@math.missouri.edu> References: <4659EF80.70100__16104.363036766$1180300054$gmane$org@math.missouri.edu> <f3cuvl$3q5$1@sea.gmane.org> <465B02C4.2020508@math.missouri.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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? > > Because the information is not a constant. For example, the mpg123 port > 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? [-- Attachment #2 --] -----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-----
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