On 09/05/2011 01:20 PM, Stefano wrote: > i was thinking about the use of a database, re-builded every time the > cache update or upgrade, this because parse the contents of a > directory(/usr/share/app-install/desktop) is very slow, so we can build > the database parsing the directory only the first time, then parse the > database to get the packages faster. we can also add an option in the > edit menu, to re-build the database, called "Force packages list > upgrade" or something similar. Ubuntu SC use a similar system. It uses a database to store the informations (I think it's xapian which is used), and it's rebuild automatically when a file is changes in /usr/share/app-install/desktop. It's probably a better approach, but you should test the final behavior (like the time to start, to rebuild the database ...).
Another solution is to use a cache of the /usr/share/app-install/desktop content. Like the database usage, it's something you have to test to see the result. Regards, Julien Lavergne _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
