Re: Huge data files in Debian
Hi Ole,
while it is probably correct to assume that several scientists have a
similar problem I think the proper channel is debian-devel list since
may be also gamers and others have this problem. There was previous
discussion years ago with no real outcome as far as I know.
Kind regards
Andreas.
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:34:43AM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> again a question where I find it difficult to put it into one single
> box. However, please reply to debian-science.
>
> I am trying to get the package "astrometry.net" into Debian. This
> package exists for Ubuntu [1], but (with some minor changes) could be
> uploaded to Debian as well. I already contacted the creator of the
> package (no reply yet).
>
> The package, however, is accompanied with a number of data files from
> which at least some are needed to run the package. Fortunately, these
> data files are DFSG, and already available as Debian packages [2].
>
> But: These packages sum up to ~25 GB, with the maximal package size of
> 3.5 GB. What is the best way to deal with them? Loosely following the
> discussion about the Icedove icons, it is probably not a wise idea
> ("privacy breach") to let them downloaded from a third party server; at
> least as long as they are DFSG-free. But can (and shall) our Debian
> servers store these files? Is 25 GB much for us or not these days?
>
> I would guess that this package will have about the same number of
> installations (popcon ~250, 0.2 %) as the other astronomy related packages.
>
> Best regards
>
> Ole
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/astrometry.net/
> [2] http://data.astrometry.net/debian/
>
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