From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-06-05T19:47:27+09:00
Subject: Re: The Gems Repository Stats

On Jun 5, 2008, at 01:57 AM, Leslie Viljoen wrote:
>>> 3. I often search for gems repeatedly, and the bulk index gets  
>>> pulled down
>>> repeatedly - why not save this file locally for at least a few  
>>> hours?
>>> (probably try to implement this myself just now)
>>
>> This is a bug that will not be fixed.  SpecFetcher has a much  
>> simpler API
>> that doesn't have the big pile of band-aids I applied to the old  
>> one in an
>> attempt to get it to scale to the current size.  The original  
>> design held up
>> surprisingly well over the years, but it's finally time to see it go.
>>
>> SpecFetcher will call back into the old bulk index code when a  
>> repository
>> doesn't have the indexes it needs, and will spit out a warning that
>> hopefully can help the affected users get the indexer updated.
>
> Is specfetcher part of an upcoming version of gems?

Yes, 2-4 weeks out.  I have to go through the rest of the tracker  
fixing bugs, wait for some feedback from apple and jruby, and give it  
a week or so to settle for testing.