Index: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/dot/drupal/profiles/drupalorg_testing/drupalorg_testing.profile
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/profiles/drupalorg_testing/drupalorg_testing.profile,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -p -r1.45 drupalorg_testing.profile
--- drupalorg_testing.profile	12 Oct 2008 15:45:23 -0000	1.45
+++ drupalorg_testing.profile	12 Oct 2008 16:13:37 -0000
@@ -1023,8 +1023,27 @@ function _drupalorg_testing_configure_bl
 
 /**
  * Helper function; get a term's ID.
+ *
+ * @param $term
+ *   The name of a term to look up.
+ * @param $reset
+ *   Whether to reset the internal cache.
+ * @return
+ *   The tid of the term named $term.  If there are multiple
+ *   terms with the same name, the tid of the first term
+ *   found will be returned.
  */
-function _drupalorg_testing_get_tid_by_term($term) {
-  $terms = taxonomy_get_term_by_name($term);
-  return $terms[0]->tid;
+function _drupalorg_testing_get_tid_by_term($term, $reset = NULL) {
+  static $cache = array();
+
+  if ($reset) {
+    $cache = array();
+  }
+
+  if (!isset($cache[$term])) {
+    $terms = taxonomy_get_term_by_name($term);
+    $cache[$term] = $terms;
+  }
+
+  return $cache[$term][0]->tid;
 }