Hi,
>>"Kai" == Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kai> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Manoj Srivastava) wrote on 16.02.98 in
Kai> <[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
Kai> No.
Really? I still find it curious.
>> calculate size as a fraction of time taken to install, I still
>> think that the time is not unreasonable.
Kai> On an install, you want to check a lot of debs. That's even
Kai> slower than checking big debs.
I don't follow. You mean, taken together, checking all debs
take more time than checking one large deb? (obviously true). Or do
you mean that checking lots of .deb files raises the value of the
fraction of time taken to calculate sizes to the total time of the
install? I don't think that holds either.
Kai> The "do it at install" argument is ridiculously bogus.
Impricatical? maybe. ridiculously bogus? hardly.
manoj
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