# Fixing performance issues with pacman module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-performance-issues-with-pacman-module/25749>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [October 14, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-performance-issues-with-pacman-module/25749 "2017-10-14T10:10:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonas\_Schurmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@Jonas\_Schurmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonas_Schurmann)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-performance-issues-with-pacman-module/25749/1 "2017-10-14T10:10:59Z")

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Hey all,

two weeks ago I spotted a performance problem when using the pacman module and described it in [#31223](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/31223). I would like to start working on a pull request to fix this problem, but I didn’t get any feedback at all. I am more than willing to help and fix this problem, but I don’t want to invest time and work just to get my pull request burried under the 1100 other pull requests. Will there be someone to review my pull request if I manage to fix the problem?

Greetings,  
Jonas Schürmann

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**Author:** ![Rene\_Moser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@Rene\_Moser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Rene_Moser)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-performance-issues-with-pacman-module/25749/2 "2017-10-15T11:14:49Z")

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Hi Jonas

> Hey all,
> 
> two weeks ago I spotted a performance problem when using the pacman  
> module and described it in #31223  
> \<[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/31223&gt;\](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/31223&gt;%5C). I would like to start  
> working on a pull request to fix this problem, but I didn't get any  
> feedback at all. I am more than willing to help and fix this problem,  
> but I don't want to invest time and work just to get my pull request  
> burried under the 1100 other pull requests. Will there be someone to  
> review my pull request if I manage to fix the problem?

I am not that much into Arch and pacman but if you make a PR I would  
review it.

Most important thing here is that the PR does not break backwards  
compatibility. One of the ways to keep backwards compatibility is to add  
a param for "switching" to a new behavior.

Ping me when the PR is ready by adding "ping @resmo" to it.

Regards  
René

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**Author:** ![Jonas\_Schurmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@Jonas\_Schurmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonas_Schurmann)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fixing-performance-issues-with-pacman-module/25749/3 "2017-10-16T18:44:25Z")

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Thanks, that’s great! I will pay attention to backwards compatibility when I create the pull request.