Bug#233322: marked as done (Inefficient packaging of arch independent data in package advi)
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Subject: Inefficient packaging of arch independent data in package advi
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From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
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Package: advi
Version: 1.4.0-7
Severity: normal
This is a semi-automated bug report based on scanning the contents of
binary .deb files in the unstable Debian archive.
The advi packages seem to contain a very large amount of
architecture-independent data in architecture-dependent packages,
specifically data installed under /usr/share. This is wasteful of
mirror space and bandwidth, as we then end up with multiple copies of
this data, one for each architecture. Initial estimates suggest that
several gigabytes of Debian archive space may currently be wasted
because of packages like this.
The way to fix this depends on the layout of your package:
* Some packages need to have a -common or -doc package split out to
contain this common data, and the existing packages that need this
data should then be altered to depend on the new -common or -doc
package.
* This package may already be such a -common or -doc package, in
which case it probably should already be marked as Architecture:
all in your debian/control file rather than Architecture: any .
* Maybe the files under /usr/share do not belong there - several
packages seem to contain data in /usr/share that is definitely
architecture-dependent. In this case, please move the files into
the right place.
Policy is quite clear on this point:
http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices#s-bpp-archindepdata
The usage of these packages is currently:
debsize pkgsize /usr/share % filename
5096578 6644 4756 71 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_alpha.deb
4946932 6124 4756 77 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_arm.deb
5321082 7160 4756 66 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_hppa.deb
4854084 6048 4756 78 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_i386.deb
5362210 7640 4756 62 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_ia64.deb
5302616 7084 4756 67 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_m68k.deb
5314774 7240 4756 65 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_mips.deb
5313058 7240 4756 65 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_mipsel.deb
4958888 6200 4756 76 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_powerpc.deb
5325264 7168 4756 66 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_s390.deb
4968748 6220 4756 76 pool/main/a/advi/advi_1.4.0-7_sparc.deb
Please split this package appropriately. If you believe your package
is already split reasonably, then sorry for bothering you. If you wish
to discuss this further, please feel free to reply to this bug. If you
agree that there's a problem here but need help to fix it: again, feel
free to ask...
Thanks,
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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Subject: acknowledge NMU
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acknowledge NMU of advi (thanks to Helge Kreutzmann for the fix).
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