GSOC09 MacPorts GUI

[Juan Germán Castañeda Echevarria]

>
> The macports API could do with a proc that just returns the list of all
> ports in the index, which should be faster than using mportsearch to do
> the same thing. The other place where a lot of time is probably being
> spent is registry::installed. Unfortunately the flat-file registry has
> performance issues that can't be addressed without switching to a new
> format (i.e. registry2.0).
>
> Make sure you profile and find out for certain where you should be
> focusing your optimisation efforts.


> - Josh
>

In fact, I also want to add more helper functions to the macports API which
are now implemented in a separate tcl file inside the MacPorts framework and
since neither I nor my mentor know too much of Tcl or the MacPorts base
source code I was wondering If any other mentor will be willing to review my
tcl code.

I think the time is being spent in registry::installed because I meaured the
time in my computer and it takes 4 seconds in a new installation (with 7
ports) and 7 seconds in my installation in which I have 130 ports installed.
Can anyone tell me how much it takes in his installations?

Thanks for your comments Josh!

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