Bug#868558: nmu: multiple r-* packages
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:03:06PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> But the whole point of my bug report, and write up, is that
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> 46
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> out of 516 package need a rebuild.
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> So I continue to argue [2] that we should rebuild these 46, not force all 516.
If I may ask, "why?".
When you find yourself sending this to the debian-devel mailing
list ...
> - I filed it on July 16.
> - I followed up on July 29.
> - I followed up on August 6.
> - I answered a question on August 10.
> - I followed up on August 19.
> - I answered a question on August 26, and followed up on August 26.
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> I am at wits end.
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> Dirk
... please, consider the price it's having on your sanity.
It seems that the whole set of R packages is 0.5GB of binaries.
By comparison, a minor bugfix in texlive-bin results in a 1GB
download for anyone who's installed it from Unstable.
Regards,
Steve
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