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Emma Strubell wrote: |
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> I completely forgot about Google's Summer of Code! Thanks for reminding me. |
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> Hopefully I won't forget again by the time summer rolls around, obviously I |
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> wouldn't mind getting a little extra money for doing something I'd do for |
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> free anyway. |
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> On a more related note: What, exactly, does porttree.py do? And am I correct |
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> in thinking that my suffix tree(s) should somewhat replace porttree.py? Or, |
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> should I be using porttree.py in order to populate my tree? |
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You should use portree.py to populate it. Specifically, you should |
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use portdbapi.aux_get() calls to access the package metadata that |
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you'll need, similar to how the code in the existing search class |
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accesses it. |
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> I think I have |
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> the suffix tree sufficiently figured out, I'm just trying to determine |
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> where, exactly, the tree will fit in to the portage code, and what the best |
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> way to populate it (with package names and some corresponding metadata) |
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> would be. |
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There are there possible times that I imagine a person might want to |
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populate it: |
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1) Automatically after emerge --sync. This should not be mandatory |
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since it will be somewhat time consuming and some users are very |
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sensitive about --sync time. Note that FEATURES=metadate-transfer is |
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disabled by default in the latest versions of portage, specifically |
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to reduce --sync time. |
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2) On demand, when emerge --search is invoked. The calling user will |
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need appropriate file system permissions in order to update the |
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search index. |
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3) On request, by calling a command that is specifically designed to |
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generate the search index. This could be a subcommand of emaint. |
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For the index file format, it would be simplest to use a python |
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pickle file, but you might choose another format if you'd like the |
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index to be accessible without python and the portage API (probably |
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not necessary). |
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- -- |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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