[OpenIndiana-discuss] Questions about /var/pkg

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 14.01.24 um 00:13 schrieb Goetz T. Fischer:
> i'm afraid making ips fast needs more than just a cython module here and there.
> don't get me wrong, that's not indiana's fault but a genernal ips issue. maybe having a closer look at
> mr. Wegmueller's go version would be a good idea after all.
If you want to make IPS fast you will probably need more than switching
the implementation language.
As Aurélien mentioned, IPS is using a SAT solver. So it might be
necessary to also change the algorithms.
Are you sure that you can devote enough time to achieve real advantages?


>
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:05:18 +0100, Andreas Wacknitz via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>> Am 13.01.24 um 17:55 schrieb Alan Coopersmith:
>>> On 1/13/24 08:41, Goetz T. Fischer wrote:
>>>> the first and foremost problem of ips is speed.
>>> Someone looking to improve that might want to check out the recent
>>> performance
>>> improving commits to
>>> https://github.com/oracle/solaris-ips/commits/master/ and
>>> see if they cherry-pick to OI's fork.
>>>
>>>      -alan-
>>>
>>>
>> So there is a low hanging fruit for people to not just talk but also do
>> something with this link given by Alan.
>> Please contribute to OI.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
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