Anton Zinoviev wrote: > In order to solve the first problem we have two choices: > > 1. Wait until the computers became faster. At 2009 when sarge+1 will be > released [;-)] they will be about 5 times faster than now. > > 2. Rewrite it in some other language. If we take this approach I would > suggest to package some scripting language (perl, python, guile) as udeb > as making big changes in C programs is a pain. If I wrote partman in C > there would be no big difference between its first version and its > current version.
The third option is merely to optimise it. partman forks a hell of a lot, and it sources the libraries over and over. It doesn't matter what the implementation language is if the basic design has these two flaws. -- see shy jo
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