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Re: [PATCH] On eliminating external tools from the release process

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From:
Max Maischein
Date:
April 7, 2013 08:48
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] On eliminating external tools from the release process
Message ID:
515DCBA5.4000601@cpan.org
Am 04.04.2013 20:33, schrieb David Golden:
 >> [...]
>>
>> Optimise the slow parts. This won't be one of them.
>
> It depends.  Don't we copy to a temp directory for making the archive
> file?  If every file is copied with EU::Command as a separate command,
> that means invoking Perl once per copy.  That is going to be very,
> very slow on Windows.

While this is a good point, the patch(es) so far only address changes to 
a program that is run once or twice when cutting a release, and ideally 
not run at all while cutting a release. In that sense, spending time on 
making that program perform faster is wasted in my opinion.

-max



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