From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: guix package --search slow ? Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 17:13:18 +0200 Message-ID: <8736leh1pt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87o9447pul.fsf@elephly.net> <87r28zu9hs.fsf@gnu.org> <87o943ygs6.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hRI4U-0005Gj-7w for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2019 11:13:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87o943ygs6.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Wed, 15 May 2019 15:43:37 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: Guix Devel Pierre Neidhardt skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > >> We could probably improve the cold-cache timings by adding synopses and >> descriptions to the package cache that =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=99 build= s in >> ~/.config/guix/current/lib/guix/package.cache, but that would also make >> that cache bigger. Not sure if it=E2=80=99s worth it. > > To be clear, did you mean it might not be worth it because of the size > it takes on the user's drive or because the increase in size might slow > down the lookup? If the cache is bigger, loading it may take a bit more time. On an SSD, I find the timings to be acceptable now, so I=E2=80=99m also a b= it biased. Ludo=E2=80=99.