Kai Henningsen writes:
> Bad idea. You forget that du -S only has _directory_ names.
Ah, yes, I did. I was convinced .du files had size info for every
file.
However, if we use .md5sums files, .list files will be useless. A
more generic and standardized format would be better.
--
Yann Dirson
Yann Dirson writes:
> > Let's embrace open standards and open-ended architectures as deeply as we
> > can.
>
> Yep, I didn't think of that, but it's much nicer.
But OTOH, using SGML or XML will probably take more disk-space than
would be strictly necessary. Colon-separated data files are
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yann Dirson) wrote on 07.03.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Manoj Srivastava writes:
> >If packages were to include a du -S output (unlike the du -s
> However, I would strongly advise not to use a standalone file like old
> .du files and .md5sums: the largest part of these f
Adam P. Harris writes:
> Hmmm. While I agree with we should probably rip up the control file
> syntax for Debian 2.1, I disagree that we should invent a restrictive,
> proprietary format such as this. Instead, I think we should use a
> controlled SGML/XML DTD and let the control files instanc
On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Adam P. Harris wrote:
> [You (Yann Dirson)]
> >
> >I'd suggest that we evolve towards a new generic control-file (say
> >package.fileinfo), that will possibly evolve with time, as need for
> >new/alternate info arise. As an example, it could look like:
>
> Hmmm. While I agree
[You (Yann Dirson)]
>However, I would strongly advise not to use a standalone file like old
>.du files and .md5sums: the largest part of these files is occupied by
>the filenames, which are already profided by .list files.
>
>I'd suggest that we evolve towards a new generic control-file (say
>pack
Manoj Srivastava writes:
> If packages were to include a du -S output (unlike the du -s
> output included by some helper packages before), this script, a
> modification of Kai' script, could be used to gather the data. This
> has yet to be discussed and passed into policy.
Ah, we finally
Hi,
>>"Jim" == Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jim> As intimated to below, I (who has no official vote :) think that
Jim> debian packages should have enough information in them to allow
Jim> the determination of how much disk space would be used by
Jim> installing, or freed by removing, said pack
As intimated to below, I (who has no official vote :) think that debian
packages should have enough information in them to allow the determination
of how much disk space would be used by installing, or freed by removing,
said package.
To the end that the packages which are selected can all be quer
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