[Qgis-developer] Plugin repository latency

[Alessandro Pasotti]

Yes, I think it's better to add it too.

There is still a way to retrieve the uncached version if one really needs
it.

2016-06-06 15:06 GMT+02:00 Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>:

> On 06-06-16 14:46, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I often experience rather long waiting times when opening the plugin
> > manager when it's waiting for the official plugin repository.
> > Just before the request timed out.
> >
> > Also when opening it in a browser it takes several seconds:
> > https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=2.15
> >
> > Is this a local issue or do others experience the same?
>
> Hi Matthias,
>
> We (mostly Alessandro) actually just implmented a caching feature for this:
> - once every 10 minutes we ask for the plugins.xml of all release
> versions, and cache those on disk. We made the descision to NOT cache
> 2.15 with the idea that for developers it was maybe better to just get
> the live created xml...
>
> BUT (and I agree with you) this makes the
>
> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=2.15
> (8secs)
>
> pretty slow compared to:
>
> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=2.14
> (1 to 3 secs)
>
> (it is > 1Mb)
>
> We can off course add the latest dev version to the list of cached xml's...
>
> Ale? Opinion?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>



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Alessandro Pasotti
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