On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Brock Pytlik<[email protected]> wrote: > David Powell wrote: >> >> Brock Pytlik wrote: >>> >>> I didn't look specifically at SQLite3, at least not that I remember. >>> Revamping search, as I understand it, is low on our priorities, meaning I'm >>> not going to be making any major changes before the next release (and quite >>> possibly after the next release, we've still got a lot of features >>> required). Our impression is that local search is a rare operation since >>> usually, an end user is searching for software they don't already have. >> >> I find that assessment a little strange, since ultimately people >> aren't using computers to install software, they are using computers >> to use software. Once the software they need is installed searches >> will primarily be local searches. To state it differently, remote >> searches represent a fixed cost, whereas local searches represent an >> ongoing cost. >> >> I agree remote searches are very important -- possibly more important >> than local searches -- but that doesn't mean local searches are rare >> or negligible. >> >> Dave >> > Help me understand the use case for frequent local search that I'm not > seeing... Once the software is installed on your machine, why are you > searching for it? I can see doing this once in a great while because the > binary didn't get delivered into a directory that's in your path, and so you > have to figure out where the silly thing actually got placed. Since I've > been running OpenSolaris, I think I've done that a handful of times. Other > than that, I can't think of use cases for most of our users.
The most common scenarios for me are: - I'm looking to see if a header file or library exists on the system, but tucked away somewhere other than where the compiler/linker is looking for it. - I just saw a report of a gaping hole in version x.y.z of the blurb executable. I want to find out if it is installed and if so what version. - I see a problem with an executable or library and want to see if there are any patches to the package (updated package in the new paradigm) -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
