Bug#784226: tracker.debian.org: Don't duplicate work
Hi Jörg,
On Mon, 04 May 2015, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> as far as I can see, tracker.d.o seems to redo work for tasks that are
> already done elsewhere.
> The case I noticed is extracting files like changelogs and copyrights,
> which the archive already extracts and provides in an rsyncable tree.[1]
>
> It currently "only" extracts ('changelog', 'copyright', 'NEWS.Debian',
> 'README.Debian') but that list can be extended.
FWIW, I'm perfectly aware of this but I want the tracker to be useful
for derivatives too and as such there is some duplication in the context
of Debian.
Maybe if dak was more derivative friendly, it could be avoided but right
now a large majority of the derivatives use reprepro and that feature
in tracker.debian.org is thus useful.
I'm not opposed to disabling the plugin which extracts those files on
tracker.debian.org and to replacing it with a Debian-specific plugin but I
don't plan on working on this myself.
Cheers,
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