On 11/07/2014 07:54 PM, Matthias Maier wrote: >> Well, you're not comparing like with like. Paludis with "everything >> turned off" does more than Portage with "everything turned on". If all >> you're looking for is the wrong answer as fast as possible, there are >> easier ways of getting it... > > The last time I compared the resolver speed of portage and paludis both > needed almost the same time. > > Do you have a speed comparison with a similar feature set of both? (Or, > alternatively, the speedup one gains by tuning paludis to be as fast as > possible). >
I think you didn't get the idea: it doesn't make much sense to compare the speed if the correctness differs. Also, I don't understand these discussions. The time dependency resolving takes is marginal compared to the whole update process, no matter what PM you use.