Hi! On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:17:52PM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: >On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Marc Balmer wrote: >> > The argument is that in case of a wantlib change (e.g. libc bump), >> > you'll only have to download the small -main package, no all the -data.
>> imo that is micro-optimization at the wrong level. we increase complexity >> for absolutely no real gain. >Can other porters please give their opinion. Stuart and I would like to >have some consensus over this. I'm not a porter, but if -data is *very* big compared to -main, the split makes sense. If it's not that big, the price of the split is probably higher than its gain (download load, both for the user, especially users with thin lines, and for the mirrors). Kind regards, Hannah.
