Re: Is there some shape repository for dia ?

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
> Le Tue, Aug 06, 2002, à 01:52:47PM -0500, Lars Clausen a écrit:
>> On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
>> > I suggest the proper place for such a repository is the dia module of
>> > cvs.gnome.org, subdirectory "shapes". Together with our grand plan for
>> > more than one yearly release..
>> 
>> We already have a megabyte worth of shapes, and more coming in.  The
>> extra size of the distribution and in particular the start-up time will
>> eventually become problematic.
> 
> This is true, but is best (IMO) handled at the packaging stage (ie, split
> packages by shape themes, a no brainer to do in your debian/rules script
> or equivalent), and/or by a speed-up at init time.  (like, lazy load of
> the .shape files -- just check that they stat(2) properly, register an
> ObjectType which actually loads the shape and self-modifies the first
> time so that it doesn't do any subsequent loads. Stat(2) is not free, but
> it's still an order of magnitude or two cheaper than running the whole
> libxml parser).

That sounds like a good compromise.  But there's just something sexy about
easy downloading of shape packages:)  

-Lars

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