[Alexandria-list] Alexandria 0.5.0 in debian ?

[Laurent Sansonetti]

Hi,

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:15:58 -0800, Blars Blarson <blarson at blars.org> wrote:
> In article <2156.81.255.72.1.1111148576.squirrel at 81.255.72.1> you write:
> >> Last release of alexandria is not available in Sid or in incoming
> >> repository (http://incoming.debian.org).
> >> Does anyone know how to accelerate the packaging process ?
> 
> The proper way is to use reportbug to file a wishlist severity bug
> requesting the latest version.
> 
> Frankly, I think it's more important to convice the maintainer to file
> a serious bug on the package requesting it not be released with sarge.
> (I don't think anyone wants to support the current version for
> 18 months to several years until etch releases.)
> 

Well, I had the opportunity to speak with Dafydd yesterday.  He said
that the package was almost ready to be submitted, thouht he is still
working on the .desktop file integration.

> Has the cpu usage issue in alexandria been fixed?  30 cpu seconds to
> insert a book is rediculous, and it gets worse as I enter more books.
> (I've only got about 500 of several thousand entered.)
> 

Yes this has been fixed, amongst many other things.  Alexandria 0.5.0
should behave faster and  use less memory.

I have been testing Alexandria with 1500 books and, once the model is
properly filled (a few secs), operations are fast.

Some operations are also threaded.  In the next version everything will be.

Cheers

Laurent