Bug#745656: are binary-indep -dev packages really worth the space savings?
Package: general
Severity: important
looking at recent GCC uploads, I see install ability problems for the build
dependencies for GCC packages (triggered by libgcj build dependencies, gtk+2.0).
I can't think of any value besides some minor space savings to have -dev
packages to be architecture independent. If you really need some newer -dev
version you should be able to do this with an updated build dependency.
A source upload for a library always requires a rebuild on any architecture, so
there is no buildd time savings to make the -dev package architecture independent.
So why are people trying to optimize for space instead of turn-around-time?
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