From 80d026b6828667bd7e046ae0eca0c2dd5cb5c623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Dalton Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 05:40:28 +0000 Subject: Adding port devel/p5-App-Cache, an Easy application-level caching library approved by: tobez (implicit) --- devel/p5-App-Cache/pkg-descr | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 devel/p5-App-Cache/pkg-descr (limited to 'devel/p5-App-Cache/pkg-descr') diff --git a/devel/p5-App-Cache/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-App-Cache/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..366146f3012e --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-App-Cache/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +The App::Cache module lets an application cache data locally. There are a +few times an application would need to cache data: when it is retrieving +information from the network or when it has to complete a large +calculation. + +For example, the Parse::BACKPAN::Packages module downloads a file off the +net and parses it, creating a data structure. Only then can it actually +provide any useful information for the programmer. +Parse::BACKPAN::Packages uses App::Cache to cache both the file download +and data structures, providing much faster use when the data is cached. + +This module stores data in the home directory of the user, in a dot +directory. For example, the Parse::BACKPAN::Packages cache is actually +stored underneath "~/.parse_backpan_packages/cache/". This is so that +permisssions are not a problem - it is a per-user, per-application cache. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-Cache/ +Author: Leon Brocard -- cgit v1.2.3