Hopefully importance of this bug gets raised a bit. This is still present on Edgy Knot 2 and makes aptitude upgrade a pain to use.
-- aptitude pegs cpu for extended period of time on "aptitude upgrade" https://launchpad.net/bugs/51893 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs