Quoting Josh Triplett (2015-09-03 22:26:12) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> Seems Osamu Aoki is working on at least part of the puzzle: >> https://bugs.debian.org/797045 > > Merging multiple sources *really* shouldn't be necessary. And the > metadata for those sources will vary, so that likely won't save that > much space. > > Perhaps we should add a few more things to common-licenses, or figure > out if our packaging metadata could be further reduced or > de-duplicated. It should be possible to package a 1kB library without > several kB of overhead. But even if we have to pay that overhead, so > be it; we have tens of thousands of packages already, what's a few > hundred more tiny JavaScript packages as long as they're actually > used?
For the record: I totally agree with above. I have never seen any measures of actual problems caused by tiny-content packages - and if that really is a problem then I suspect metapackages and transitional packages are even bigger problem... ...that said, I responded to someone indicating interest in improving something in Debian, and I want to support that initiative because even though this *shouldn't* be necessary, it currently is - because some in Debian, including ftpmsters, consider it necessary. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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