Op vrijdag 02 september 2011 05:38:01 schreef Funda Wang: > 2011/9/2 Thomas Spuhler <tho...@btspuhler.com>: > > When upgrading lilypond I noticed that someone else mad the doc package > > noarch to "make the huge doc subpackage be noarch" > > > > 1. What is the advantage of this? We have noarch packages in i586 and > > x86_64 anyway > > We may split noarch packages into a new directory in the future, like > what opensuse is doing. That will save a lot of space for mirrors.
afaik noarch is hardlinked, plus underlying storage might have deduplication. > > 2. The result wasn't as intended, we now have the arch + noarch package > > in the repos > > That is another problem, exists for years in mandriva. maybe bugs in > uploading script. > > > -- > > Thomas