Bug#233392: Inefficient packaging of arch independent data in package libc6
At Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:51:59 +0000,
Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 11:46:39AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> >Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >> No problem here. The zone info is actually quite small (compressed)
> >> within the .deb, not really big enough to warrant the split I was
> >> (mistakenly) asking for. Sorry for bothering you and thanks for
> >> looking into this.
> >
> >It is, however, 5 mb unpacked, which is quite large compared to the
> >overall size of the debian base system.
>
> True. On a really small system that will hurt.
>
> >> Joey, where is the existing bug asking for the split? I can't find it
> >> in a quick check through the BTS...
> >
> >I can't find it, it may have been only a post to the debian-glibc
> >mailing list.
>
> OK, that explains it.
>
> Is it worth some discussion on debian-devel here to see what other
> people think?
I welcome patches everytime. At least I don't have any plans to split
them.
Regards,
-- gotom
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