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Package: mc
Version: 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1
Severity: normal
This is a semi-automated bug report based on scanning the contents of
binary .deb files in the unstable Debian archive.
The mc packages seem to contain a very large amount of
architecture-independent data in architecture-dependent packages,
specifically data installed under /usr/share. This is wasteful of
mirror space and bandwidth, as we then end up with multiple copies of
this data, one for each architecture. Initial estimates suggest that
several gigabytes of Debian archive space may currently be wasted
because of packages like this.
The way to fix this depends on the layout of your package:
* Some packages need to have a -common or -doc package split out to
contain this common data, and the existing packages that need this
data should then be altered to depend on the new -common or -doc
package.
* This package may already be such a -common or -doc package, in
which case it probably should already be marked as Architecture:
all in your debian/control file rather than Architecture: any .
* Maybe the files under /usr/share do not belong there - several
packages seem to contain data in /usr/share that is definitely
architecture-dependent. In this case, please move the files into
the right place.
Policy is quite clear on this point:
http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices#s-bpp-archindepdata
The usage of these packages is currently:
debsize pkgsize /usr/share % filename
2076656 5064 4204 83 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_alpha.deb
1970298 4748 4204 88 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_arm.deb
2022072 4852 4204 86 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_hppa.deb
1987494 4812 4204 87
pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_hurd-i386.deb
1970746 4776 4204 88 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_i386.deb
2151842 5428 4204 77 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_ia64.deb
1931904 4680 4204 89 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_m68k.deb
2023598 5208 4204 80 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_mips.deb
2023708 5208 4204 80 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_mipsel.deb
1994720 4824 4204 87 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_powerpc.deb
2023780 4912 4204 85 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_s390.deb
1972124 4772 4204 88 pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1_sparc.deb
Please split this package appropriately. If you believe your package
is already split reasonably, then sorry for bothering you. If you wish
to discuss this further, please feel free to reply to this bug. If you
agree that there's a problem here but need help to fix it: again, feel
free to ask...
Thanks,
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello,
I close this bug since arch indep files in mc are less than 10% of the
total size of the package, so that a split is not worthwhile.
Best regards,
--
Ludovic Drolez.
http://zaurus.palmopensource.com - The Zaurus Open Source Portal
http://www.drolez.com - Personal site - Linux, Zaurus and PalmOS stuff
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