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Re: Separate lib and executable packages?

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From	Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
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Subject	Re: Separate lib and executable packages?
Date	Sat, 08 Feb 2020 15:30:04 +0100
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On February 8, 2020 12:38:54 PM UTC, Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>so 8. 2. 2020 v 4:11 odesílatel Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
>napsal:
>
>> Except: Every time we add a binary to Debian it impacts everyone. 
>The
>> packages file gets bigger and so updates get slower.  Although
>there's no
>> firm rule, the FTP Masters discourage addition of trivially small
>packages
>> and so your package might be rejected.
>>
>
>so let's fix infrastructure?

That's what everyone always suggests, but no one ever does.  AFAIK, there's no agreed design for secure package updates that doesn't require a local copy of the packages file.

If Debian could quit worrying about adding lots of little binaries, it would help in many areas.

Scott K

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Separate lib and executable packages? Gordon Ball <gordon@chronitis.net> - 2020-02-07 12:50 +0100
  Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> - 2020-02-07 13:50 +0100
  Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2020-02-07 17:10 +0100
    Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2020-02-08 04:20 +0100
      Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> - 2020-02-08 14:00 +0100
        Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2020-02-08 15:30 +0100
      Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Gordon Ball <gordon@chronitis.net> - 2020-02-08 21:00 +0100
        Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org> - 2020-02-08 21:20 +0100
          Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Gordon Ball <gordon@chronitis.net> - 2020-02-11 11:00 +0100
        Re: Separate lib and executable packages? Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2020-02-09 04:10 +0100

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