Yes, I think it's better to add it too. There is still a way to retrieve the uncached version if one really needs it.
2016-06-06 15:06 GMT+02:00 Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmaili...@duif.net>: > On 06-06-16 14:46, Matthias Kuhn wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I often experience rather long waiting times when opening the plugin > > manager when it's waiting for the official plugin repository. > > Just before the request timed out. > > > > Also when opening it in a browser it takes several seconds: > > https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=2.15 > > > > Is this a local issue or do others experience the same? > > Hi Matthias, > > We (mostly Alessandro) actually just implmented a caching feature for this: > - once every 10 minutes we ask for the plugins.xml of all release > versions, and cache those on disk. We made the descision to NOT cache > 2.15 with the idea that for developers it was maybe better to just get > the live created xml... > > BUT (and I agree with you) this makes the > > https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=2.15 > (8secs) > > pretty slow compared to: > > https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=2.14 > (1 to 3 secs) > > (it is > 1Mb) > > We can off course add the latest dev version to the list of cached xml's... > > Ale? Opinion? > > Regards, > > Richard Duivenvoorde > -- Alessandro Pasotti w3: www.itopen.it
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