Bug#558684: ITP: envstore -- save and restore environment variables
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 08:56:13PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> > You have a valid point there and gave me a new idea how to simplify.
> How?
Just an idea how to achieve something similar without any extra tools. However,
this bug report should stay on-topic.
> > I think space is cheap. If you said Debian wants to be more than just a
> > collection of packages and envstore does not qualify, that would be a useful
> > argument ;)
>
> Its not only that. Its also - it is not just the package size. But also
> the amount it takes in the various package/sources and contents
> files. In the case of packages like envstore that makes more size than
> the package itself. And there it is very valid to question if the
> package actually adds value to the archive, or only increases the
> bandwidth each mirror has to provide for the Debian mirror. Each user
> has to download for updates. Each apt has to deal with.
I see.
> Now, I wont remove it, unless you ask for it in a bug. But how about
> morphing this into a useful collection of various shell tools? I'm sure
> there are more "tools" like envstore that are too small in itself to
> make a useful package, that all together would actually make sense to
> have.
I think we already have a such a collection, called moreutils. I will discuss this
with upstream.
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