Bug#987696: findutils: suggest plocate as an alternative

2021-08-22 Thread Paul Wise
Control: retitle -1 findutils: replace suggests on mlocate transitional package On Sun, 06 Jun 2021 13:35:38 +0800 Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, 2 May 2021 13:25:21 +0200 Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > thanks for the report. I think it would be better to simply drop the > > Suggests, it was added eons

Bug#987696: findutils: suggest plocate as an alternative

2021-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2 May 2021 13:25:21 +0200 Andreas Metzler wrote: > thanks for the report. I think it would be better to simply drop the > Suggests, it was added eons ago when GNU locate was split-off from find > to ease upgrades. FWIW, I think it is better to keep the Suggests, since locate implementatio

Bug#987696: findutils: suggest plocate as an alternative

2021-05-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
Control: tags -1 pending On 2021-05-02 Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 13:25 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> thanks for the report. I think it would be better to simply drop the >> Suggests, it was added eons ago when GNU locate was split-off from >> find >> to ease upgra

Bug#987696: findutils: suggest plocate as an alternative

2021-05-02 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 13:25 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > thanks for the report. I think it would be better to simply drop the > Suggests, it was added eons ago when GNU locate was split-off from > find > to ease upgrades. Seems even better... Cheers, Chris.

Bug#987696: findutils: suggest plocate as an alternative

2021-05-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2021-04-28 Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Package: findutils > Version: 4.8.0-1 > Severity: wishlist > plocate advertises itself as a drop-in replacement for mlocate (+ > being faster) and seems to have some active development. > So maybe you should add this as a (preferred?) alternative i

Bug#987696: findutils: suggest plocate as an alternative

2021-04-27 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Package: findutils Version: 4.8.0-1 Severity: wishlist Hey. plocate advertises itself as a drop-in replacement for mlocate (+ being faster) and seems to have some active development. So maybe you should add this as a (preferred?) alternative in the Suggests? Cheers, Chris.