Bug#630799: Splitting tools out to help build-deps install time

2011-07-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 05:06:29PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: On Fri, Jun 17, 2011, Colin Watson wrote: I really don't want to do this. I'd rather optimise mandb. Ok; just so that I understand, is this about avoid confusion of the users, or complexity or...? Splitting packages is for

Bug#630799: Splitting tools out to help build-deps install time

2011-06-17 Thread Loïc Minier
Package: man-db Version: 2.6.0.2-1 Severity: wishlist Hey there I've seen this while installing build-deps in chroots for years: Building database of manual pages ... and that's likely because I am too lazy to set man-db/auto-update properly. Pbuilder offers an optin hook to do

Bug#630799: Splitting tools out to help build-deps install time

2011-06-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 03:19:09PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: In the interest of saving buildd time without anyone having to set man-db/auto-update, I propose that we split the tools and the trigger / database handling in separate packages so that debhelper/lintian just depend on the tools,

Bug#630799: Splitting tools out to help build-deps install time

2011-06-17 Thread Loïc Minier
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011, Colin Watson wrote: I really don't want to do this. I'd rather optimise mandb. Ok; just so that I understand, is this about avoid confusion of the users, or complexity or...? I guess we can repurpose this bug to man-db is too slow on armel/ppc or something, which are