Re: [arch-general] Implement sql/sqlite database for pacman local database

2016-10-22 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 10/23/2016 01:41 AM, Alive 4ever wrote: >> Also consider the fact that your pacman database is one of the least >> likely pieces of data to target for the sake of noticeably improving >> your computer's overall performance. >> > > Yeah, I am aware of it. Hardware components tend to degrade

Re: [arch-general] Implement sql/sqlite database for pacman local database

2016-10-22 Thread Alive 4ever
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 08:35:15PM -0400, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > Right... but if you look at the stated reason for its removal, you tend > to get the impression that the lead pacman developer is actually > explicitly calling you (rhet.) a blithering idiot if you (rhet.) think >

Re: [arch-general] Implement sql/sqlite database for pacman local database

2016-10-22 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 10/22/2016 02:28 AM, Alive 4ever wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:06:04PM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote: >> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 03:53:20 + >> Alive 4ever wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 08:03:53PM +0200, Tinu Weber wrote: >>> Currently, pacman package includes a

Re: [arch-general] Whatever happened to speps?

2016-10-22 Thread David Runge
On 2016-10-22 12:54:09 (+0200), Muflone wrote: > > Ping! > > I tried to contact speps many times in the past year but I was unable to get > in touch with him. So some packages bad maintained were orphaned. That sounds bad. Would be good to get some statement at least... Who can push updates for

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation

2016-10-22 Thread Francis Gerund via arch-general
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Nicolas F. wrote: > On 28.09.2016 17:24, Francis Gerund via arch-general wrote: > > > > > > > > That was my reaction when I saw you post a long debunked FUD story to > this list. The problem lies with Intel and Lenovo, not Microsoft, and it

Re: [arch-general] Implement sql/sqlite database for pacman local database

2016-10-22 Thread pete nikolic via arch-general
On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 04:06:31 + Alive 4ever wrote: > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 02:15:01AM +0800, Chi-Hsuan Yen via arch-general > wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:54 AM, Robin via arch-general < > > arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I

Re: [arch-general] Whatever happened to speps?

2016-10-22 Thread Muflone
Ping! I tried to contact speps many times in the past year but I was unable to get in touch with him. So some packages bad maintained were orphaned. Regards Muflone On 2016-10-10 07:17:39 (+0200), David Runge wrote: Helloes, I was wondering, if anyone knows anything regarding the

Re: [arch-general] Whatever happened to speps?

2016-10-22 Thread David Runge
Ping! On 2016-10-10 07:17:39 (+0200), David Runge wrote: > Helloes, > > I was wondering, if anyone knows anything regarding the current status > of speps. > I tried to ping him about some long-outdated packages (supercollider, > pd), but haven't gotten a reply in a week. > > With supercollider

Re: [arch-general] Implement sql/sqlite database for pacman local database

2016-10-22 Thread Alive 4ever
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 02:20:30PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > As the currently lead pacman developer... We will never have a sql (or > other) database backend. > > When we did tests for the sync backends, using a single tar file gave > the same speed-up as using some sql variant (and we still

Re: [arch-general] Implement sql/sqlite database for pacman local database

2016-10-22 Thread Alive 4ever
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:06:04PM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote: > On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 03:53:20 + > Alive 4ever wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 08:03:53PM +0200, Tinu Weber wrote: > > Currently, pacman package includes a ``pacman-optimize`` script to do > > manual