From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
Cc: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>,
"Pierre Neidhardt" <mail@ambrevar.xyz>,
39258@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#39258] [PATCH v2 0/3] Xapian for Guix package search
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 13:40:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ3okZ2pxP6ALANTxtEpp9Gnaejj69D5ULficdmmH0CfROSLiQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cu7tv2zcj9l.fsf@systemreboot.net>
On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 at 10:02, Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> wrote:
> >> It turns out that most of the time is spent in printing and texinfo
> >> rendering of the search results.
>
> Also, when we put all package metadata into the Xapian index, we don't
> have to look up any of the package variables in (gnu packages *) during
> `guix search` time. This also contributes substantially to the speedup.
Yes, magic power of inverted index. ;-)
> > Also, if the 12K+ descriptions need to be rendered at the time the user
> > runs ‘guix pull’, the experience may not be great, because it could take
> > a bit of time.
>
> This is a problem, but I would see it as a necessary "compilation"
> step. :-P In fact, this whole patchset speeds up `guix search` by doing
> part of the work of `guix search` ahead of time. So, some such cost is
> unavoidable.
Currently "guix pull" is rather long on my machine. I would accept a
couple of seconds more (even minutes).
So this compilation step could be done at the "guix pull" time.
Or even we could imagine something indexing in the background.
> > What I like about the recutils format in this context is that it’s both
> > human- and machine-readable. The examples in the manual show how it can
> > be useful to select the information displayed or to refine the search
> > (info "(guix) Invoking guix package").
>
> Xapian's query language is much more natural (as in natural language)
> than the regexp based techniques we need to use with recutils. I have
> hardly ever used the regexp based search and I suspect many others
> haven't either. Also, refining the search query should be easier to do
> with Xapian. We could even use Xapian's query expansion feature to
> suggest improved queries to the user.
>
> That said, if we want the recutils format, we can still keep it in a
> simplified form like so.
>
> name: inkscape
> version: 0.92.4
> synopsis: Vector graphics editor
>
> name: inklingreader
> version: 0.8
> synopsis: Wacom Inkling skecth format conversion and manipulation
>
> > Also: I’d recommend tackling one thing at a time. :-)
>
> I totally agree, but I'm tempted to say that pre-rendering would be a
> lot cheaper with the simplified form of search results. :-)
IMHO, we "just" need to propose different outputs mimicking "git log
--format". Soemthing like "guix search --format=".
What do you think?
All the best,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-09 12:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 126+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-23 19:51 [bug#39258] Faster guix search using an sqlite cache Arun Isaac
2020-01-29 23:33 ` zimoun
2020-01-30 13:48 ` Arun Isaac
2020-01-31 12:48 ` zimoun
2020-02-02 21:16 ` Arun Isaac
2020-02-04 10:19 ` zimoun
2020-02-06 1:58 ` Arun Isaac
2020-02-11 16:29 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-02-11 18:21 ` zimoun
2020-02-11 18:39 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-02-11 19:07 ` Arun Isaac
2020-02-11 20:20 ` zimoun
2020-02-15 14:50 ` Arun Isaac
2020-02-11 20:13 ` zimoun
2020-02-27 20:41 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 0/4] Xapian for Guix package search Arun Isaac
2020-02-27 20:41 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Add guile-xapian Arun Isaac
2020-03-03 16:29 ` zimoun
2020-02-27 20:41 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 2/4] build-self: Add guile-xapian to Guix dependencies Arun Isaac
2020-02-27 20:41 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 3/4] gnu: Generate xapian package search index Arun Isaac
2020-02-28 8:04 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-03-05 20:26 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-03 18:29 ` zimoun
2020-02-27 20:41 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 4/4] gnu: Use xapian index for package search Arun Isaac
2020-02-28 8:11 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-03-03 19:21 ` zimoun
2020-03-03 19:51 ` zimoun
2020-02-28 8:13 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 0/4] Xapian for Guix " Pierre Neidhardt
2020-02-28 12:39 ` zimoun
2020-02-28 12:49 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-02-28 15:36 ` Arun Isaac
2020-02-28 16:04 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-02 18:37 ` zimoun
2020-03-02 19:13 ` zimoun
2020-03-03 20:04 ` zimoun
2020-02-29 8:25 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-02 18:27 ` zimoun
2020-02-28 12:36 ` zimoun
2020-03-05 16:46 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-07 13:31 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v2 0/3] " Arun Isaac
2020-03-07 13:31 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v2 1/3] build-self: Add guile-xapian to Guix dependencies Arun Isaac
2020-03-09 18:14 ` zimoun
2020-03-09 23:40 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
2020-03-10 5:24 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-07 13:31 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v2 2/3] gnu: Generate Xapian package search index Arun Isaac
2020-03-09 18:19 ` zimoun
2020-03-07 13:31 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v2 3/3] gnu: Use Xapian index for package search Arun Isaac
2020-03-07 20:33 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v2 0/3] Xapian for Guix " Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-08 9:01 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-08 11:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-08 20:27 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-09 7:42 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-03-09 12:50 ` zimoun
2020-03-09 10:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-10 14:17 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-10 14:33 ` zimoun
2020-03-11 13:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-13 5:37 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-15 20:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-09 7:50 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-03-09 10:28 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-09 13:03 ` zimoun
2020-03-09 12:53 ` zimoun
2020-03-09 12:47 ` zimoun
2020-03-09 12:40 ` zimoun [this message]
2020-03-09 12:34 ` zimoun
2020-03-08 20:27 ` zimoun
2020-03-08 20:40 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-09 12:28 ` zimoun
2020-03-27 16:26 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v3 0/3] Package metadata cache for guix search Arun Isaac
2020-03-27 16:26 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v3 1/3] guix: Generate package metadata cache Arun Isaac
2020-04-24 20:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-26 9:48 ` zimoun
2020-04-26 14:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-26 14:54 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-04-26 15:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-26 15:05 ` zimoun
2020-03-27 16:26 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v3 2/3] guix: Search " Arun Isaac
2020-04-24 20:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-03-27 16:26 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v3 3/3] guix: Use package metadata cache for package search Arun Isaac
2020-04-24 21:03 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-05 14:08 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v3 0/3] Package metadata cache for guix search Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-24 21:05 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-26 3:54 ` [bug#39258] benchmark search: default vs v2 vs v3 zimoun
2020-04-26 7:29 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-04-26 15:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-26 17:01 ` zimoun
2020-04-26 20:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-30 13:10 ` zimoun
2020-05-03 15:01 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v4 0/3] Faster cache generation (similar as v3) zimoun
2020-05-03 15:01 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v4 1/3] DRAFT packages: Add fields to packages cache zimoun
2020-05-03 15:01 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v4 2/3] DRAFT packages: Add new procedure 'fold-packages*' zimoun
2020-05-03 15:01 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v4 3/3] DRAFT guix package: Use cache in 'find-packages-by-description' zimoun
2020-05-03 16:43 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v4 0/3] Faster cache generation (similar as v3) Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-03 18:10 ` zimoun
2020-05-03 19:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-01 0:00 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 0/4] Optimize guix search Arun Isaac
2020-06-01 0:00 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 1/4] ui: Cut off search early if any regexp does not match Arun Isaac
2020-06-09 8:29 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-01 0:00 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 2/4] ui: Use string matching with literal search strings Arun Isaac
2020-06-09 8:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-09 9:55 ` zimoun
2020-06-13 12:37 ` Arun Isaac
2020-06-13 13:36 ` zimoun
2020-06-13 17:21 ` Arun Isaac
2020-06-14 19:14 ` zimoun
2020-06-13 19:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-15 20:18 ` Arun Isaac
2020-06-01 0:00 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 3/4] ui: Do not translate package synopsis a second time Arun Isaac
2020-06-09 8:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-01 0:00 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH 4/4] ui: Use package-description-string Arun Isaac
2020-06-09 8:34 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-06-01 1:25 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v5 0/4] Optimize guix search zimoun
2020-06-01 2:24 ` Arun Isaac
2020-06-01 10:01 ` zimoun
2020-06-01 10:11 ` [bug#39258] KMP string search algorithm? zimoun
2020-06-01 22:24 ` Leo Famulari
2020-06-01 23:48 ` Arun Isaac
2020-06-02 8:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-07-15 7:33 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v6 0/2] DRAFT "guix search" performances zimoun
2021-07-15 7:33 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v6 1/2] DRAFT packages: Add fields to packages cache zimoun
2021-07-17 8:31 ` Arun Isaac
2021-07-23 15:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-08-17 14:03 ` zimoun
2021-07-15 7:33 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v6 2/2] DRAFT scripts: package: Use cache in 'find-packages-by-description' zimoun
2021-07-23 15:43 ` [bug#39258] [PATCH v6 0/2] DRAFT "guix search" performances Ludovic Courtès
2021-08-20 15:42 ` zimoun
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