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Bug#976462: Bug#631985: Compress debug



Hello,

On Thu 04 Feb 2021 at 03:20PM -08, Josh Triplett wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:01:02 -0700 Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> wrote:
>> On Mon 07 Nov 2011 at 06:34PM +01, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
>> > I agree it could be done by default with compat 9. Will decrease the
>> > size of archive also. I need more than 10G in order to debug kde...
>>
>> Does this sort of thing still apply in 2021?
>
> Yes.
>
> Apart from the running joke that the persistent state of most disks is
> "full", this remains relevant because it can make the difference between
> "leave the debug symbols installed, keep them updated, and be able to
> debug quickly the next time" versus "install debug symbols, debug,
> remove debug symbols until they're next needed".

So, just to confirm, you're saying that you think that you or people you
know would end up doing the latter pretty regularly if we were to decide
to turn off compression?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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