In my opinion, this is not solved. With nice and ionice the system performance may be less affected, but the power drain by heavy CPU usage will still remain.
The question are: Does the update need to be that costly, and does the user need this updates altogether. As far as I see, the index provide two functions: The quick search mode in synaptic pagage manager, which is not installed by default, and the package recommenadtions in the terminal, rarely useful to normal users either, and expendable by power users if it comes at this large cost. That's it, or have I forgotten something? If not, I would conclude that apt-xapian-index just should not be installed by default, and has to prevail for users that intentionally install it. It must be made sure however, that no one misses the features without knowledge how to get them back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363695 Title: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt/+bug/363695/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
