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--- Begin Message ---Package: isdnactivecards Version: 1:3.3-7 Severity: normal This is a semi-automated bug report based on scanning the contents of binary .deb files in the unstable Debian archive. The isdnactivecards packages seem to contain a very large amount of architecture-independent data in architecture-dependent packages, specifically data installed under /usr/share. This is wasteful of mirror space and bandwidth, as we then end up with multiple copies of this data, one for each architecture. Initial estimates suggest that several gigabytes of Debian archive space may currently be wasted because of packages like this. The way to fix this depends on the layout of your package: * Some packages need to have a -common or -doc package split out to contain this common data, and the existing packages that need this data should then be altered to depend on the new -common or -doc package. * This package may already be such a -common or -doc package, in which case it probably should already be marked as Architecture: all in your debian/control file rather than Architecture: any . * Maybe the files under /usr/share do not belong there - several packages seem to contain data in /usr/share that is definitely architecture-dependent. In this case, please move the files into the right place. Policy is quite clear on this point: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices#s-bpp-archindepdata The usage of these packages is currently: debsize pkgsize /usr/share % filename 1785170 4172 3624 86 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_alpha.deb 1686616 3924 3624 92 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_arm.deb 1689124 3936 3624 92 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_i386.deb 1804942 4332 3624 83 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_ia64.deb 1675394 3900 3624 92 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_m68k.deb 1707828 4084 3624 88 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_mips.deb 1707928 4084 3624 88 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_mipsel.deb 1701818 3972 3624 91 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_powerpc.deb 1688516 3940 3624 91 pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_sparc.deb Please split this package appropriately. If you believe your package is already split reasonably, then sorry for bothering you. If you wish to discuss this further, please feel free to reply to this bug. If you agree that there's a problem here but need help to fix it: again, feel free to ask... Thanks, -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected]
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--- Begin Message ---Steve McIntyre wrote... > The isdnactivecards packages seem to contain a very large amount of > architecture-independent data in architecture-dependent packages, > specifically data installed under /usr/share. This was fixed at some point in the past, presumably in 1:3.9.20060704-11 > debsize pkgsize /usr/share % filename > 1785170 4172 3624 86 > pool/main/i/isdnutils/isdnactivecards_3.3-7_alpha.deb (...) Well, now its around 100k Christoph
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