On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:01:40PM +0100, Steve Long wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:28:43 +0100 > > Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Fernando J. Pereda wrote: > >> > A big gain in the context of ebuilds and source packages. Well done. > >> > > >> Yes, almost as important as not sourcing any ebuilds, so let's all > >> stick an EAPI extension on the end of the filename. > > > > If you really think that EAPI as an extension has anything to do with > > performance > > You mentioned performance a few times in that lovely thread when it got shot > down, I believe in the context of metadata generation: > > "Performance hit" (when discussing an alternative) [1] > "The GLEP is not about performance, but any solution that forces the > introduction of a slowdown of more than, say, 20%, isn't viable." [2] > "It's several more directory reads. This is a measurable performance > hit" [3] > > Are you now saying performance doesn't matter?
No, performance is just a side effect it has never been part of the motivation of the GLEP. You are the only fighting over stupid pico optimizations. - ferdy
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