Hi Seth, I think that would work. And you’re right — there probably aren’t enough project libs to require a cache for them.
I’m knee-deep in the router right now, though, so someone else would have to do it. Cheers, Jeff. > On 23 Jul 2019, at 09:47, Seth Hillbrand <s...@hillbrand.org> wrote: > > Could we write the global cache in the user's config directory next to where > we write fp-lib-table? > > If we cache global, we might not need project-based caching. > > -Seth > > On 2019-07-23 11:39, Jeff Young wrote: >> Hi Rene, >> Separate global and local caches would certainly be a refinement. >> It’s not free, though, as platforms differ on where an appropriate >> place to write a global cache is. And the code has to be able to >> combine the two (that might be easy or it might not — it’s been too >> long since I’ve been in that area to remember). >> Cheers, >> Jeff. >>> On 23 Jul 2019, at 09:33, Rene Pöschl <poesc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is there a reason why this file is even part of the project directory? I >>> kind of assume it holds the info of all footprints. (If i am misinformed >>> about that then ignore my inquiry.) Meaning for most users will most likely >>> be mostly system libs that can easily change while one does not work on the >>> project for a longer time. Might it be better to have a global cache for >>> the global libs and a local one for the local ones? >>> On 23/07/19 01:03, Seth Hillbrand wrote: >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> Odd question here but why do we have fp-info-cache? Was there a bug >>>> report for these or just speed improvements? >>>> On my system, it is the difference between 1 second vs. 3 seconds during >>>> the first footprint list load (full standard + personal libraries). >>>> Does it make a bigger difference on other systems? I assume so but I >>>> was wondering if we have some data here? >>>> I'd like to make storing it an option. I've been working on templates >>>> recently and keep needing to delete the extra files from the directory >>>> (caches should not be valid for templates). >>>> Thanks- >>>> Seth >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
