Hi Lucas, On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 10:15:44AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 07/02/12 at 09:11 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > > [Joerg in CC in case he might not read debian-qa, > > Lucas in CC because I was somehow expecting some answer from him > > in this thread] > > Heh :)
;-) > > Hi Stuart, > > > > On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 11:26:11PM +0000, Stuart Prescott wrote: > > > > 1. Provide the missing information in the Packages.gz files > > ^ about MD5 sums > > > > anyway. Joerg, I have no idea how complex to implement > > > > this might be or what chances to break something might > > > > exist. > > > > 2. We move English translations from Translation-en.bz2 > > > > to the packages table making sure that all existing UDD > > > > applications will work immediately again. > > > > 3. We drop long_description field from packages table now > > > > and *calculate* the md5 sums from long_escription for those > > > > releases where it is missing and keep all long_descriptions > > > > inside the ddtp table. > > > > > > My feeling is that our long term aim should be to have the long > > > description > > > only in the ddtp table. This is a slightly-more-normalised form for the > > > database which will help reduce the size of the tables and, since the > > > long > > > description is unused in most queries to UDD, that will help with > > > performance. It's also a data structure that, in the long term, more > > > closely > > > reflects the data sources being included which has been a general UDD > > > principle over the years. > > > > I perfectly agree here. This excludes option 2 which would have been > > probably most easily to implement but I'm happy that at least one other > > developer does not like this kind of quick workaround > > I think that it would be better to do (1) (that is, match what is being > imported), and maybe provide a view that gathers all (english) > descriptions for all releases. I agree - lets hear what Joerg or whoever hava a say on this will say. > > This somehow brings up a more general requirement: We need better > > documentation what services are using UDD. > > Agreed. I've added to my TODO list to work on that, but don't expect > anything happening soon (= if someone has time to work on that, please > do). What about this primitive start? http://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase/UsedInDebianInfrastructure (no idea why the name in "Subpages" link at http://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase is spelled that differently - may be somebody knows how to add some remark like "add your project here" to this automatic link.) Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120207133038.gb24...@an3as.eu
