Re: cpu usage, consideration of others, apt-listbugs
On 27 Aug 2003, Masato Taruishi wrote:
> On IRC, I was suggested that apt-listbugs should use index.db. I had to
> use debbugs .status file too because index.db doesn't have subject.
>
> apt-listbugs fetches just few static files from web server, two index
> files and .status files of actual critical bugs. So if 5 critical
> bugs are found, total 7 static files are downloaded. apt-listbugs
> can be used via normal proxy servers.
Requesting those files isn't itself causing load. I just don't like that the
debbugs database is exported that way.
> apt-listbugs doesn't use querybts implicity. It's invoked by people. So
> I guess many cgi access is nothing to do with apt-listbugs.
No, but it gives users a stepping board to request those reports. Previously,
there was no automated listing of bugs fixed, and no automated prompting to
allow users to see those bug reports.
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