Today the GDC was responding sluggishly and timing out on REST calls. In such cases, it would be nice if any tool AFTER gdc_mirror would be able to operate PURELY by reading the mirror, and then dicing, etc. In principle this is how all tools downstream of gdc_mirror OUGHT to operate, but in practice each one currently issues a few GDC calls to gather metadata (like the number and names of programs, projects, etc).
Today the GDC was responding sluggishly and timing out on REST calls. In such cases, it would be nice if any tool AFTER gdc_mirror would be able to operate PURELY by reading the mirror, and then dicing, etc. In principle this is how all tools downstream of gdc_mirror OUGHT to operate, but in practice each one currently issues a few GDC calls to gather metadata (like the number and names of programs, projects, etc).