Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 13:59 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> Russ Allbery wrote: >> >> > Jordà Polo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > standards-version is kind of sad. Date::Parse is just incredibly slow. >> > We probably could get a substantial speedup by storing the standard >> > release dates in seconds since epoch instead of human-readable dates. >> >> What about 'compiling' some of that stuff at build-time? >> So the information is stored in a human-readable way but turned into a >> faster representation when the package is built. cpp could be (ab)used >> for that pourpose. > > That strikes me as somewhat over-engineered.
For that specific case it actually is, but could also be implemented in other parts (or even changing the LINTIAN_ROOT based on whether lintian is performing source-only checks, source&bin-checks, or bin-only checks; so if the checks/ are 'compiled' at build-time the final and shorter files could improve lintian's performance). :) > > The dates of policy releases are easily available to anyone who's > interested in the details and it's not like adding a comment against > each entry or turning a timestamp in to human-readable form is that > difficult. > > Just MHO, obviously :) > > Adam Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
