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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage dependency solving algorithm
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:08:25
Message-Id: 545D189C.3080807@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage dependency solving algorithm by Matthias Maier
1 On 11/07/2014 07:54 PM, Matthias Maier wrote:
2 >> Well, you're not comparing like with like. Paludis with "everything
3 >> turned off" does more than Portage with "everything turned on". If all
4 >> you're looking for is the wrong answer as fast as possible, there are
5 >> easier ways of getting it...
6 >
7 > The last time I compared the resolver speed of portage and paludis both
8 > needed almost the same time.
9 >
10 > Do you have a speed comparison with a similar feature set of both? (Or,
11 > alternatively, the speedup one gains by tuning paludis to be as fast as
12 > possible).
13 >
14
15 I think you didn't get the idea: it doesn't make much sense to compare
16 the speed if the correctness differs.
17
18 Also, I don't understand these discussions. The time dependency
19 resolving takes is marginal compared to the whole update process, no
20 matter what PM you use.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage dependency solving algorithm Jauhien Piatlicki <jauhien@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage dependency solving algorithm "vivo75@×××××.com" <vivo75@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage dependency solving algorithm Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage dependency solving algorithm Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o>