On 27 Aug 2003, Masato Taruishi wrote: > On IRC, I was suggested that apt-listbugs should use index.db. I had to > use debbugs .status file too because index.db doesn't have subject. > > apt-listbugs fetches just few static files from web server, two index > files and .status files of actual critical bugs. So if 5 critical > bugs are found, total 7 static files are downloaded. apt-listbugs > can be used via normal proxy servers.
Requesting those files isn't itself causing load. I just don't like that the debbugs database is exported that way. > apt-listbugs doesn't use querybts implicity. It's invoked by people. So > I guess many cgi access is nothing to do with apt-listbugs. No, but it gives users a stepping board to request those reports. Previously, there was no automated listing of bugs fixed, and no automated prompting to allow users to see those bug reports.
