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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 |