As I'm sat waiting for my local mirror to update so I can get some test DVD images created, I've been looking through some of the larger packages that have been taking a while. We have some huge packages that are wasting space on CDs for release and (more importantly) mirrors and their bandwidth.
I've just posted a bug against evolution, this being the one that first grabbed my attention. In my mirror currently are: sledge:/mirror/debian/pool/main/e/evolution$ ls -l evolution_* -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 14664 Mar 26 14:17 evolution_1.0.3-1.diff.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 1052 Mar 26 14:17 evolution_1.0.3-1.dsc -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 10100044 Mar 31 19:02 evolution_1.0.3-1_alpha.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 9113060 Apr 3 23:32 evolution_1.0.3-1_arm.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 8730930 Mar 26 14:17 evolution_1.0.3-1_i386.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 8701524 Apr 5 03:47 evolution_1.0.3-1_m68k.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 9170000 Apr 3 06:47 evolution_1.0.3-1_powerpc.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 8985026 Mar 30 14:17 evolution_1.0.3-1_s390.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 9221054 Mar 31 19:02 evolution_1.0.3-1_sparc.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 14926 Apr 12 21:47 evolution_1.0.3-2.diff.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 1052 Apr 12 21:47 evolution_1.0.3-2.dsc -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 10100040 Apr 14 09:32 evolution_1.0.3-2_alpha.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 8731152 Apr 12 21:47 evolution_1.0.3-2_i386.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 11289000 Apr 14 06:17 evolution_1.0.3-2_ia64.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 9169872 Apr 14 10:02 evolution_1.0.3-2_powerpc.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 8984576 Apr 14 08:32 evolution_1.0.3-2_s390.deb -rw-rw-r-- 1 mirror users 14843367 Mar 26 14:17 evolution_1.0.3.orig.tar.gz That's ~9MB per binary package, * 2 for the two versions in the pool. Looking more closely at the current i386 package, unpacked: sledge:~/debian/evolution$ du -s usr/* 3660 usr/bin 6656 usr/lib 12 usr/sbin 14548 usr/share Over half of the installed package is made up of stuff in /usr/share, i.e. common arch-independent stuff like images, templates and i18n data. A quick check of other packages suggests that similar metrics apply for gnumeric, gnome-applets2, konqueror, ... We _really_ should be packaging things like this better - the common stuff should go into binary-all packages with appropriate dependencies! Comments? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <a href=http://www.einval.com/steve/>My home page</a> "Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, +------------------ "Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I..." |Finger for PGP key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
