From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 4 04:48:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA16625 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 04:48:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id EAA16618 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 04:48:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id XAA23499; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 23:18:25 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701041248.XAA23499@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: pib comments. In-Reply-To: <25514.852368273@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jan 4, 97 00:57:53 am" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 23:18:24 +1030 (CST) Cc: mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > I don't think this is TCL and Tk's fault at all - the ports and > packages just aren't very efficiently organized, period, and pretty > much *any* conceivable front end which doesn't attempt to keep its own > information cache is doomed to be slower than heck. :-( ... and I'll squash this one before it gets loose too. Satoshi was _very_ prompt in coming forwards with changes to the ports structure necessary for reasonably efficient management. The _only_ aspect of pib that is slow is the necessity to md5 _each_and_every_distfile_on_your_system_. That's what the K/sec counter is about, and its directly linked to the performance of your disk/cpu combination. On the tired old 2.1-something machine I developed pib on, along with four or five other users competing for core, disk and CPU (P100, NCR, Seagate Hawk), it still averaged over 200K/sec. If someone has a beef with this, please come forward with a faster md5 algorithm 8) > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[