On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 10:36:34AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Apr 27, Julian Andres Klode <j...@debian.org> wrote: > > > Our major use case is cloud initial setup, image building, CI, buildds, all > > of which do not require any syncs, and can safely use eatmydata, for > > example; > > hence the enormous speed up. > I do not believe that it would be wise to optimize our packaging system > for the niche target of package development. > > In my experience as a cloud infrastructure provider, new systems are > cloned/instantiated from golden images and not from debootstrap or d-i.
And even creating these golden images does not take long. In my experience a large fraction of the time actually goes into uploading such images so they can be used. Bastian -- Worlds are conquered, galaxies destroyed -- but a woman is always a woman. -- Kirk, "The Conscience of the King", stardate 2818.9