Package: gdb Version: 16.1-1 Severity: important X-Debbugs-Cc: Sergio Durigan Junior <[email protected]> Control: affects -1 gdb-minimal
debian/NEWS ... gdb-minimal contained a stripped-down version of GDB in order to be installed on systems where there was no need for a fully fledged debugger. One of its main benefits was supposed to be its smaller size. In the end, the storage space saved by gdb-minimal was only 1 megabyte, while it increased the maintenance burden (and package build time). For that reason, the package was dropped and the regular gdb package now replaces it. ... In 15.2-1 the storage space saved by gdb-minimal compared to gdb was more like 2 MB plus some libraries, you have a valid point that this did not save much space. But your logic is missing that you are also removing the non-multiarch gdb used as comparison, going from gdb-minimal to the new gdb package adds around 30 MB storage space usage. Please re-add gdb-minimal, to continue providing a small version of gdb on systems with limited space.
