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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 64: Standardize contents of VDB and establish and API for exporting this 
From:       "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2014-08-31 17:06:36
Message-ID: 5403561C.9010303 () gentoo ! org
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On 08/31/14 12:30, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:28:00 -0400
> "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> This is kinda silly.  The point is that all PM's generate certain
>> information at build time and *should* cache it for later use.
> The historical view of VDB being some kind of "cache" rather than a "DB"
> is one of the reasons we're having to tidy up the dynamic dependencies
> mess...
>

Indeed, some of VDB might not be something we wish to mandate as 
"cache".  But some of it should be, like the examples I gave.  This is 
our opportunity to think this out carefully and only export what is 
meaningfully cacheable information.  So when I submit version 2, let's 
keep that in mind with respect to any of the items I say should be "cached".

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