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| author | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2014-07-05 12:02:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2014-07-05 12:02:01 -0400 |
| commit | bd7e1edff511c8410acfb640d005502d66910b41 (patch) | |
| tree | 22408006ba111550ade01c4b7cd161cd5f1c1919 /CHANGES.txt | |
| parent | e7df10e709c9a847e14d1db8d744b39c0183cf8c (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-bd7e1edff511c8410acfb640d005502d66910b41.tar.gz | |
Make memoized zip manifests opt-in using the PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS environment variable. Ref #154.
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt index 003e2d5d..ef456a7e 100644 --- a/CHANGES.txt +++ b/CHANGES.txt @@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ CHANGES 5.4 --- -* Issue #154: Cache the reading of the zip file index for cases where the - same zip-file is used for multiple packages (like PEX). +* Issue #154: ``pkg_resources`` will now cache the zip manifests rather than + re-processing the same file from disk multiple times, but only if the + environment variable ``PKG_RESOURCES_CACHE_ZIP_MANIFESTS`` is set. Clients + that package many modules in the same zip file will see some improvement + in startup time by enabling this feature. This feature is not enabled by + default because it causes a substantial increase in memory usage. --- 5.3 |