On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:07 -0200 Gustavo Noronha Silva <k...@debian.org> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 14:00 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > This is silly. I haven't seen bug reports about packages not fitting in > diskettes, and it would not make any sense if they were filed! =).
I thought this was why we had dpkg-split, so not exactly the same problem. > The world moved on, CDs are getting too small. It's a technical > limitation which can be overcome by using the network, or bigger media, > such as DVDs. While I think blacklisting the package for CDs is a > pragmatical decision, making the package smaller should be just > desirable, not a (specially RC!) bug. Or supporting dpkg-split for this case too? But probably not worth the effort for just a handful of packages that arguably would benefit from being broken into more manageable-sized packages anyway. Ben -- ,-. nSLUG http://www.nslug.ns.ca sy...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca \`' Debian http://www.debian.org sy...@debian.org ` [ gpg 395C F3A4 35D3 D247 1387 2D9E 5A94 F3CA 0B27 13C8 ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
