On 2020-04-19 07:28, George N. White III wrote: > On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 19:02, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-04-18 at 15:33 -0500, David wrote: > > There is a poster on Reddit criticizing dnf as being too slow. > > > > I do not use Reddit. > > > > But here is my question. > > > > The terminal emulator is running in wayland. Right ? > > > > So is it fair to compare that to a distro or DE not using wayland ? > > > > Obviously, I have no clue what I am talking about. > > > > Also, if dnf speed is important to you, should you not reduce unnecessary > > processes or do it in the tty ? > > I seriously doubt that the effect of the terminal emulator on dnf speed > is even measurable. The whole thing is dominated by network I/O and > local processing of package files. > > poc > > > I also use Ubuntu and Debian distros. The "apt" tool is quite a bit faster than "dnf" on the same > hardware, and they have aptitude, a text-mode front-end that is fast and gives quick access to > package descriptions and can download change logs with a single keypress. > I suppose more digging is actually required.. Is the speed difference due to network/mirror access or local processing? Does apt cache data/info for a longer period than dnf or in a more efficient manner? Rather than comparing dnf to apt I think it is more important, if the speed irritates one, is to identify the steps dnf is taking and which of those steps are more or less responsible. Analogous to "systemd-analyze blame". -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
