Michael Biebl wrote: [...] > It's also a matter for what case we optimize: > > For users running unstable, who constantly update, it might/will happen > that the update-desktop-database trigger is activated although > unnecessary. > > For stable users, who only do distro upgrades, it might be quite some > benefit, > as instead of dozens of update-desktop-database calls during the upgrade, > you'd only get one.
Why not implement a system that maintainer scripts could use to tell dpkg that a given script or 'not automagic trigger' is needed, that would only be enabled when a package really needs it; but the operation would be done just once. Cheers, Raphael Geissert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org