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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No worries, I got this one.

-S

On 2019-07-23 13:22, Jeff Young wrote:
> Hi Seth,
>
> I think that would work.  And you’re right — there probably aren’t
> enough project libs to require a cache for them.
>
> I’m knee-deep in the router right now, though, so someone else would
> have to do it.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> > On 23 Jul 2019, at 09:47, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Could we write the global cache in the user's config directory next to 
> > where we write fp-lib-table?
> >
> > If we cache global, we might not need project-based caching.
> >
> > -Seth
> >
> > On 2019-07-23 11:39, Jeff Young wrote:
> > > Hi Rene,
> > > Separate global and local caches would certainly be a refinement.
> > > It’s not free, though, as platforms differ on where an appropriate
> > > place to write a global cache is.  And the code has to be able to
> > > combine the two (that might be easy or it might not — it’s been too
> > > long since I’ve been in that area to remember).
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jeff.
> > > > On 23 Jul 2019, at 09:33, Rene Pöschl <poeschlr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Is there a reason why this file is even part of the project 
> > > > directory? I kind of assume it holds the info of all footprints. (If 
> > > > i am misinformed about that then ignore my inquiry.) Meaning for 
> > > > most users will most likely be mostly system libs that can easily 
> > > > change while one does not work on the project for a longer time. 
> > > > Might it be better to have a global cache for the global libs and a 
> > > > local one for the local ones?
> > > > On 23/07/19 01:03, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > > Odd question here but why do we have fp-info-cache?  Was there a 
> > > > > bug
> > > > > report for these or just speed improvements?
> > > > > On my system, it is the difference between 1 second vs. 3 seconds 
> > > > > during
> > > > > the first footprint list load (full standard + personal libraries).
> > > > > Does it make a bigger difference on other systems?  I assume so but 
> > > > > I
> > > > > was wondering if we have some data here?
> > > > > I'd like to make storing it an option.  I've been working on 
> > > > > templates
> > > > > recently and keep needing to delete the extra files from the 
> > > > > directory
> > > > > (caches should not be valid for templates).
> > > > > Thanks-
> > > > > Seth
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