Re: Scanning project classpaths should not be modal

Vincent Brabant <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.user-interface
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Martin Matula a écrit :

> Hi Gili,
> please note that scanning of classpaths takes a long time only for the 
> first time when all the metadata are created. Consequent scans of 
> rt.jar take less than a second.
> We are also continously working on speeding this up - this week we 
> have integrated a change that improved the performance of the scanning 
> by 20-50% depending on the directory layout and whether you use VCS or 
> not. Moreover we are considering elimination of the initial scanning 
> of the platform jars (src.zip, rt.jar) by distributing the pre-scanned 
> indexes with the IDE or moving the scanning work to the installer, so 
> even the initial delay when using the IDE for the first time should be 
> eliminated. 

I have somes questions concerning the distribution of pre-scanned 
indexes. Will you distribute pre-scanned indexes for JDK 1.4.2 and JDK 5.0 ?

>
>
> Gili wrote:
>
>>     Scanning rt.jar and other big files takes a while and it is 
>> annoying to have to wait 3-5 mins while this processing takes place 
>> when I could very well continue with my work in the background.
>>
>>     I look forward to your feedback.
>>
>> Gili
>>
>>
>
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Vincent Brabant
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