On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 06:31 +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> >> I'm sorry but I need to temporarily reject your package, as it is by far 
> >> the
> >> largest currently sitting in the NEW queue and ftp-master is currently 
> >> running
> >> low on disc space.
> 
> >> I didn't had the time to investigate your package (beside seeing that it 
> >> is the
> >> largest in the NEW queue and rejecting it would reduce the size of NEW by 
> >> more
> >> than a half!).
> 
> > If I make a version without the -doc binary, that takes it from 859 to
> > 235 MiB including .orig.tar.gz.  (The -doc binary has a huge amount of
> > very large generated documentation...)  Does that reduce it's size
> > enough to consider re-uploading?
> 
> Yes.

Thanks very much, I'll prepare and upload it today.

> > I can appreciate the burden of checking a package of this size.
> 
> In this case it wasnt about checking it at all. "Only" about the sheer
> size and the fact that ftpmaster does have some space issues.

I understand, the -doc package has a ridiculous size.  We're planning to
cut it into separate user and developer documentation, and split it
further into core and specialty functionality.  That doesn't help the
upload size, but will help users to get the help they need without using
excessive disk space.

> >> A better solution is currently being worked on, but might need some time.  
> >> Once
> >> we have a) a new ftp-master server or b) archieved the etch release, you 
> >> can
> >> reupload your package.
> > Makes sense.  But if the above isn't sufficient reduction in the package
> > size, how will we know when this happens?
> 
> The archive of the etch release will get a message to d-d-a or so. :)
> 
> Also, we are getting new hardware for ftpmaster, which has much more
> diskspace too, and which will finally allow us to setup
> data.debian.org. Your package, at least the -doc part, seems a good
> target for that.

Thanks, we'll look for the announcements on d-d-a and add -doc when
appropriate.

-Adam
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