Ridiculously large packages
Umm...
Package: nexuiz-data
Priority: optional
Section: games
Installed-Size: 782252
Maintainer: Debian Games Team
<pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 2.5.2-1
Recommends: nexuiz (>= 2.5.2) | nexuiz-server (>= 2.5.2)
Suggests: nexuiz-music (>= 2.5.2)
Conflicts: nexuiz (<< 2.5.2), nexuiz-server (<< 2.5.2)
Filename: pool/main/n/nexuiz-data/nexuiz-data_2.5.2-1_all.deb
Size: 793400238
...
If you ever want this to be available on Debian CDs, you're going to
have to do something about the size. For now, I'm going to blacklist
this package altogether.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
< sladen> I actually stayed in a hotel and arrived to find a post-it
note stuck to the mini-bar saying "Paul: This fridge and
fittings are the correct way around and do not need altering"
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