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| From | Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy |
| Subject | Bug#986320: Stronger advice on when to use native packages |
| Date | 2022-05-10 14:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ElwQF-exBR-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 07:16:59PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > Even if that consensus does not exist, there is probably consensus > > that native packages are a poor match for large packages (because of > > the inefficiency of making small updates to the packaging of native > > packages), > Do you mean large packages with a separate upstream existence, or > large packages in general? I don't think there's such a consensus for > large packages in general: if Debian is the canonical place for a > particular package to be released (e.g., as is true for dpkg), then it > doesn't seem like it would be worth the overhead of making two > releases, one upstream and one for packaging, whenever updating that > package. speaking as the debian-edu-artwork maintainer, which at one point in time was a >50mb sized native package: it's pretty annoying to upload 50 or more megabytes for a 2 byte fix of a maintainer script. -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ Humans despise their genitals so much they often use them as metaphors for humans they dislike.
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Bug#986320: Stronger advice on when to use native packages Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> - 2022-05-10 04:30 +0200
Bug#986320: Stronger advice on when to use native packages Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2022-05-10 14:10 +0200
Bug#986320: Stronger advice on when to use native packages Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-05-10 16:50 +0200
Bug#986320: Stronger advice on when to use native packages Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2022-05-11 16:20 +0200
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