On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 08:56:13PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > You have a valid point there and gave me a new idea how to simplify. > How? Just an idea how to achieve something similar without any extra tools. However, this bug report should stay on-topic.
> > I think space is cheap. If you said Debian wants to be more than just a > > collection of packages and envstore does not qualify, that would be a useful > > argument ;) > > Its not only that. Its also - it is not just the package size. But also > the amount it takes in the various package/sources and contents > files. In the case of packages like envstore that makes more size than > the package itself. And there it is very valid to question if the > package actually adds value to the archive, or only increases the > bandwidth each mirror has to provide for the Debian mirror. Each user > has to download for updates. Each apt has to deal with. I see. > Now, I wont remove it, unless you ask for it in a bug. But how about > morphing this into a useful collection of various shell tools? I'm sure > there are more "tools" like envstore that are too small in itself to > make a useful package, that all together would actually make sense to > have. I think we already have a such a collection, called moreutils. I will discuss this with upstream. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
