Bug#573626: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#573626: Bug#573626: Bug#573626: aptitude: Terrible Interactive Search Performance

2014-01-23 Thread Daniel Hartwig
On 24 January 2014 05:11, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > That's why I am not sure if it's better to leave this open or close > it. Realistically, I don't think that this is going to be fixed, Not immediately, but that is no reason to close it off. There is real work that can be done her

Bug#573626: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#573626: Bug#573626: aptitude: Terrible Interactive Search Performance

2014-01-23 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
2014-01-23 19:34 Axel Beckert: Hi, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: I never noticed this as a problem in desktops or servers, even on old pieces of hardware, I agree. but it might happen that with some architectures they struggle. Even on my slowest boxes (Alix, Sparcs, PowerMac G4, c

Bug#573626: [Aptitude-devel] Bug#573626: aptitude: Terrible Interactive Search Performance

2014-01-23 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > I never noticed this as a problem in desktops or servers, even on > old pieces of hardware, I agree. > but it might happen that with some architectures they struggle. Even on my slowest boxes (Alix, Sparcs, PowerMac G4, cheap VMs, ARM netbook, DEC Alph

Bug#573626: aptitude: Terrible Interactive Search Performance

2014-01-23 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Control: severity -1 wishlist Hi, As Daniel Burrows said, this behaviour is not simple to change, and it gets worse as package lists grow over time. Or maybe it will improve over time with larger CPU caches and faster memories, but still. I never noticed this as a problem in desktops or servers