[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manoj Srivastava) wrote on 16.02.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I think this topic is now moot, but ain't it curious that the > two largest (extreme value) packages were quoted to show how long it > takes to calculate the size? If you look at the time taken to No. > calculate size as a fraction of time taken to install, I still think > that the time is not unreasonable. On an install, you want to check a lot of debs. That's even slower than checking big debs. The "do it at install" argument is ridiculously bogus. MfG Kai