Re: Bug#181860: ITP: phrack-issueXX -- Phrack Magazine Issues
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pe, 21-02-2003 kello 19:53, Kevin Rosenberg kirjoitti:
> Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> > We have for some time now heard complaints that the Packages files are
> > too big.
>
> I must have missed that discussion. I wasn't aware that the size of
> Packages files is a problem. I'll do a google search. My goal is to
> improve, rather than injure, Debian.
Large Packages files take a long time to download - not everyone has
broadband. Large Packages files take much memory and processor time to
process - not everyone has a fast computer with hundreds of megabytes of
memory.
> > We already have 70 packages of Linux Gazette (counted on my
> > mostly-stable machine) - plus some additional packages such as lg-all
> > and lg-base. I see a worrying trend here.
>
> Yes, LG has many packages. On the other handle, the fact you installed
> them indicates you think the information contained is potentially
> useful.
I haven't installed them. I counted based on "apt-get search gazette"
which listed 70 lg-issue* packages. On a machine running unstable, there
will presumably be more. (In fact,
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/doc/ claims that the latest issue is
87, not 77.)
> > Would it make more sense to instead make an installer that can download
> > desired issues? (The same installer could then be used for Linux
> > Gazette, ridding us of many packages.)
>
> In general, I don't consider installers the "Debian way".
Installers aren't all that great. They are, however, a better idea than
having potentially hundreds of magazine issue packages in Debian.
(Even better, in my opinion, would be to set up a better distribution
system for such things than Debian. Something where, for example, you
don't store the files twice -- once in the source package, once in the
.deb -- would be a good start.)
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