Re: Opinions sought: mlocate appropriate for Priority: standard?
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@theory.asu.ru> writes:
>>>>> Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es> writes:
>>>>> Imho this problem is not one that needs to be solved, if multiple
>>>>> locates are installed, multiple databases should be generated.
>>>> I think differently. Particularly given that findutil's locate can
>>>> be installed only as a dependency of other packages. (If this
>>>> wasn't the case, I'd agree your point of view is valid as well.)
>>>> Did you consider this?
>>> I did consider it, but afaik the pulled-in-by-dependency-szenario
>>> is going to be rare.
>> Well, dlocate has 2500 popcon installations, vs. slocate's 1500. So,
>> I'm still convinced findutil's locate's cron script should either
>> only run if it's the configured locate, *or* not run unless enabled
>> in /etc/default/locate.
>> But it's your package and I know how to disable one script for cron,
>> so I won't mention it further. :-)
> May I suggest a single `update-locate' script, with different
> implementations (`update-locate.findutils', etc.) belonging to the
> same alternatives group as `locate' and `updatedb'? This reduces the
> cron.daily script to a single line of code (though I don't know which
> package to put it in.)
... A (to be introduced) locates-common package?
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