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Packages: an average 66321 bytes per line of description



Fellas, looking in the Packages files, some big packages have little
descriptions, some little packages have big descriptions, but on the average,
11938 packages
avg size 510963
avg description 7.70431 lines
avg. bytes per description lines 66321.8

For instance, the prestigious emacs21 needs only one line, as
everybody who is anybody is supposed to know what it is all about.

Computed with
cd /var/lib/apt/lists/&& ls -S|sed q|xargs awk '\
/^Size:/{size+=$2;packages++};/Description:/,/^$/{lines++};\
END{lines-=packages;print packages,"packages\navg size",\
 size/packages"\navg description",\
lines/packages, "lines\navg. bytes per description lines",\
size/lines}'



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