#39258 - Faster guix search using an sqlite cache

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Hi Arun,

Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> skribis:

> This is v3 of my attempt to make guix search faster. In this version, I have
> abandoned use of xapian. Instead I build a cache of the metadata of all
> packages in a profile hook. Then, I use that cache to search and display
> search results. This way, package guile modules are not loaded during guix
> search.
>
> Speedup is around 2x. Both measurements below are with a warm cache.

Sorry for the delay!  Just to say that I like the approach, and I’ll
take a closer look once the release is out…

Thank you!

Ludo’.

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#39258 Faster guix search using an sqlite cache