[DONE] Re: [gentoo-user] Portage metadata cache backend: sqlite or not?

[Marc Joliet <marcec@gmx.de>]

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Am Mon, 4 May 2015 21:33:53 +0200
schrieb Marc Joliet <marcec@gmx.de>:

> Oh wow, I completely forgot about this open thread.  In my defense, I had to
> move out two (or was it three?) days after I started the thread, and didn't have
> internet again until over a month later.
> 
> Am Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:30:01 +0530
> schrieb Nilesh Govindrajan <me@nileshgr.com>:
> 
> [...]
> > Having tried this feature, I'd advise against it. It takes long time
> > to generate metadata after sync and not really that advantageous. Also
> > eix has it's own issues in this mode.
> 
> Do I understand correctly: you recommend switching away from the sqlite
> backend?  Also, can you please elaborate on the issues with eix?  I haven't
> noticed anything so far, but some bugs are easy to miss.

Well, there's no need to leave this thread dangling, so I went ahead and moved
away from sqlite, and have not noticed any regressions (or improvements, other
than faster syncing, because sqlite needs the metadata-transfer feature).

So I consider this thread done.

-- 
Marc Joliet
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