rpmdrake slowness (was: Re: Newbie trying to install pygsear)

[Irmen de Jong]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> If only it didn't take rpmdrake a half-hour to start up and
> fifteen minutes to re-scan for packages after every operation.
> [Okay, so I exaggerate a little, but that program feels awfully
> slow.]

Yes, that's one thing that I really hope they have fixed
in Mandrake 10.1 (I'm waiting for the official 10.1, I don't
bother with the community releases).

The 9.x version was much quicker in my recollection....

_i.