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[Waldo Bastian]

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On Friday 16 May 2003 01:17, Richard Moore wrote:
> I wonder if it might not be better to take an approach like the one we
> (KDE) use in KSycoca and make the text format the definitive copy but to
> generate a binary cache of the contents. In KDE we take things a little
> further and monitor the files used to create the cache for changes, but
> even without that, this approach has the advantage of maintaining the
> master files in a human editable format. The ability to recreate the cache
> on demand also removes a single point of failure.

That's basically what the new spec does. Only difference is that it is updated 
as part of the install process (compare ldconfig) while ksycoca does it at 
application runtime.

I think the approach from the spec is better than the ksycoca approach for 
this particular case. (The strength of ksycoca is in those cases where you 
need to cross-reference data)

Cheers,
Waldo
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