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Xapian cache/search proof of concept

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From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, Noé Lopez <noe <at> xn--no-cja.eu>
Cc: arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net, 77833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#77833] Xapian cache/search proof of concept
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:04:15 +0200

Hi Ludo,

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 at 22:01, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> I forgot the outcome of discussions with Simon back when they worked on
> it, but now I wonder: would it be reasonable to have it in ‘guix search’
> proper, with indexing happening on first ‘guix search’ for a given
> channel set?

Adding Xapian as a dependency of Guix would be unwise, IMHO.

I would prefer we take the other direction: having a light core Guix and
add around some extensions – at least as light as possible :-) –;
instead of adding more and more to what comes by default with “guix
pull”.

Cheers,
simon

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