Ximin Luo writes: > Raphael Hertzog: >> Don't abuse the "Provides" field when you have such a volume of >> interfaces to document. > > Can you please explain why 256 KB provides field is "abuse"?
The Packages index is a shared resource by all packages and every Debian user has to download and process the full packages index; adding excessive amounts of data should therefore be avoided. (The 256 KB added to the Packages index are larger than the entire source (compressed) source package...) > Do you have some concrete suggestions on how to improve the tool to > reduce this "abuse"? Don't generate virtual packages (Provides) for every feature; don't generate four virtual packages for every feature. Ansgar
