On Tuesday 24 August 2004 07:56 pm, Paul Winkler wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 06:35:12PM -0400, John Check wrote: > > > > It's completely dwarfed by compile time. > > > > Are you sure you wanted to say that ;) > > Yes. First rule of optimization: don't optimize something that's > statistically irrelevant. The speed or lack thereof of portage > is irrelevant given that its intended purpose is fetch source code > across a network and then compile and install it. > It's only an issue if the user interface (emerge) "feels" slow > and I've never noticed it.
What's that quote about "lies, damn lies and statistics"? ;) I'm talking about the time to parse the package tree mainly. When I first installed it early '02 compared to when I got fed up a year later, my impression was is slowed up, but I didn't have the foresight to time it. To me, anytime spent waiting counts, but it's not worth quibbling over.