From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D013A1381F3 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4DBB7E0929; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f178.google.com (mail-we0-f178.google.com [74.125.82.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B897E08DC for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:39:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f178.google.com with SMTP id u53so1848869wes.9 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:39:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; bh=cxfL2Kg6LgUm6hff71o2ZQ0zo8nhtKLYuRnpI1UjUjE=; b=M2f3U3b2bF+DYKZEoSN9TfphgMcDnpBq/Z0gVvnBv2t5CejShCGBcIZaAYLbPWJM+b K1pe9B5f62Bq0If8uX6FXjRVd0WgAPklKwEVum86Bw+WeYaTfztPxiZVgiN0GlXYRb6j 9Cp6/TV65i5zIbgu+9xP4AxuJwq++3xRkEjZMneGQtLh4SVzabthgEHYI9ei1dPNATpx pu4nvhbX33bJtkedmGgs/KHI5dm75aPMmtg11lHt5Df6dd5OOqy5hVHWPKcCvWKgmMz5 LIyEnUZ7ddOjsNx1bA+5bqG0EVKaGu0T2+Fnt8wNl8xlFtQ/NwgbqWK06JO4pk2aAFFC GdJw== X-Received: by 10.194.119.228 with SMTP id kx4mr6171220wjb.33.1371418744977; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fb2sm18268022wic.4.2013.06.16.14.39.04 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:38:56 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Packages up for grabs Message-ID: <20130616223856.61345cf3@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130616232427.063566d4@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> References: <1371376191.10717.15.camel@localhost> <1371390923.28535.67.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <20130616164445.0c8f8f55@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <1371402560.28535.79.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <1371403298.22480.8.camel@localhost> <20130616202324.45cb3262@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20130616232427.063566d4@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.18; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/VzafKB.mLVUzM+DsRTTrzQX"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 24f4689d-fb79-468b-8cda-031f4650792c X-Archives-Hash: 648a57774f1b7acd077c4bbfc7ea56e6 --Sig_/VzafKB.mLVUzM+DsRTTrzQX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:24:27 +0200 Tom Wijsman wrote: > I have one; it's great to help make my boot short, but it isn't really > a great improvement for the Portage tree. Better I/O isn't a solution > to computational complexity; it doesn't deal with the CPU bottleneck. If the CPU is your bottleneck, Python won't help you. Python's threads are fine for making IO easier, but the GIL prevents them from being of any use for CPU intensive calculations. Having said that, the CPU isn't your bottleneck. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/VzafKB.mLVUzM+DsRTTrzQX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlG+MHMACgkQ96zL6DUtXhF4bgCdG0E3Tge8U6r2tcdUo0rSA+NI CzEAnjDgNOpYmgXr9Ih1k9WNhU+HB9lI =UYSL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/VzafKB.mLVUzM+DsRTTrzQX--