Can someone clarify the distinction between named_...
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happy-kitchen-89482
12/02/2022, 4:55 PMCan someone clarify the distinction between named_caches and append_only_caches, and specifically how each should be cached in CI config?
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enough-analyst-54434
12/02/2022, 5:03 PMThey are the same, we tripped over our own tongues.
enough-analyst-54434
12/02/2022, 5:04 PM2 names, same thing.
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happy-kitchen-89482
12/02/2022, 5:16 PMðŸ˜
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wide-midnight-78598
12/02/2022, 5:41 PMh
happy-kitchen-89482
12/02/2022, 6:05 PMSo what do we use them for in JVM land? Looks like Coursier state, but what does that encompass? I.e., what would we suggest JVM users mix into CI cache keys for that dir? Lockfiles? I guess lockfiles…
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ancient-vegetable-10556
12/02/2022, 6:13 PM@happy-kitchen-89482 the Coursier caches are: downloaded maven packages and actual JVMs, not a whole lot more.
ancient-vegetable-10556
12/02/2022, 6:15 PMit basically allows Pants to download a pants-managed runtime JVM precisely once on a given machine
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happy-kitchen-89482
12/02/2022, 8:41 PMSo it is dependent on the lockfile, sounds like
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ancient-vegetable-10556
12/02/2022, 8:41 PMand the JVM selection settings
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happy-kitchen-89482
12/02/2022, 8:41 PMThose are in pants.toml, which is already in the key
happy-kitchen-89482
12/02/2022, 8:42 PMI assume?
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ancient-vegetable-10556
12/02/2022, 8:42 PMJvmJdkFieldh
happy-kitchen-89482
12/02/2022, 8:43 PM… and this is why remote caching is so superior to CI caching
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ancient-vegetable-10556
12/02/2022, 8:44 PMHappy Friday