On Thu, 28 May 2009 20:30:44 +0200 Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Interactive time is important. If it were adding those extra > > seconds to the build, no-one would care. But it's not. It's adding > > them to when the user's sitting at the screen waiting for results. > > So how about we improve the structure instead of trying to patch up > some hotspots?
That's a subject for a different GLEP, and one that's not going to go anywhere ever unless someone comes up with a way of doing it incrementally. GLEP 55's performance concerns are limited to not making things worse. > For example a readonly repository would guarantee that the cache is > always consistent. Until someone modifies it, yes. > > > You mean 0.3% (or less) of the emerge world time? > > > > No, he means 50% of pretend time when you're sitting there waiting > > to see what's going to happen. > > So fix the diseases instead of doctoring around some symptoms ... I await your GLEP that covers how to migrate the tree layout. That's a separate issue, however. > > It is the best. If we're requiring EAPI before trying to parse PV, > > all the EAPIs have to be known to do any ordering. > > ... and why the [censored] would we want that then? Because without that, we can't make changes to the version format. > It would help if you would tolerate other opinions (or even the > possibility that other people may have opinions that do not agree > with you). The only issue of opinion is whether or not .ebuild-X and .eapi-X.eb look pretty. The rest is purely technical and entirely objective. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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