Re: Separate lib and executable packages?
On February 8, 2020 12:38:54 PM UTC, Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>so 8. 2. 2020 v 4:11 odesílatel Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
>napsal:
>
>> Except: Every time we add a binary to Debian it impacts everyone.
>The
>> packages file gets bigger and so updates get slower. Although
>there's no
>> firm rule, the FTP Masters discourage addition of trivially small
>packages
>> and so your package might be rejected.
>>
>
>so let's fix infrastructure?
That's what everyone always suggests, but no one ever does. AFAIK, there's no agreed design for secure package updates that doesn't require a local copy of the packages file.
If Debian could quit worrying about adding lots of little binaries, it would help in many areas.
Scott K
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