Why updating of dependencies in composer is so slow?
composer-php, dependencies, symfony
Solution
Try to specify a version for each dependency in composer.json and use the option `--prefer-dist` when calling composer. It will download ZIP files from the repositories (if available) instead of the single files.
php composer.phar install --prefer-dist
Problem
I am using composer (http://getcomposer.org/) to manage installed bundles in the `Symfony2` (symfony v 2.1.3). Version of the composer is `de3188c`. I have problem that when I add new bundle into the composer.json and execute it the time to show messages about Updating dependencies and next downloading them all is very low. I have this data in the composer.json (see below) and the executing time is approximately 20 MINUTES!!! The internet connection is fast enough I can download big files very fast... Is there any trick to make it faster? ``` { "name": "symfony/framework-standard-edition", "description": "The \"Symfony Standard Edition\" distribution", "autoload": { "psr-0": { "": "src/" } }, "require": { "php": ">=5.3.3", "symfony/symfony": "2.1.*", "doctrine/orm": ">=2.2.3,<2.4-dev", "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "1.0.*", "twig/extensions": "1.0.*", "symfony/assetic-bundle": "2.1.*", "symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "2.1.*", "symfony/monolog-bundle": "2.1.*", "sensio/distribution-bundle": "2.1.*", "sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "2.1.*", "sensio/generator-bundle": "2.1.*", "jms/security-extra-bundle": "1.2.*", "jms/di-extra-bundle": "1.1.*", "doctrine/doctrine-fixtures-bundle": "dev-master", "webignition/doctrine-migrations-bundle": "dev-master" }, "scripts": { "post-install-cmd": [ "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap", "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache", "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets", "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile" ], "post-update-cmd": [ "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap", "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache", "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets", "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile" ] }, "minimum-stability": "dev", "extra": { "symfony-app-dir": "app", "symfony-web-dir": "web" } ```