Christoph Lechleitner wrote: > Abel Cheung wrote: > >> For those who need command line access, change your habit is the way to go. >> > This ignorance against command line users is annoying, at best! > > Matt Zimmerman wrote in that link mailing list message: > >> Today, at least, it doesn't seem to be used, and more featureful indexed >> searching is provided by tracker, and the overhead of re-indexing daily can >> be inconvenient for laptop users. >> > Daily reindexing is not necessary! > For years we used to call updatedb on demand only. > As of laptop users (and not only them) the system load and power consumation > and installation slowdown produced by trackerd and some other stuff (that > scans the disc multiple time during installation) is much more disturbing > than the simple filename scan of *locate! > > Seth wrote: > >> Anyways, I consider this issue well-fixed, and I hope users/dev gap is a >> little more bridged on this one :) >> > The issue is not fixed! > Althought the fix would be very very easy, the hardy package is still broken! > And hardy as a LTS is supposed to be maintained really well. > > Unfortunately it gets more and more clear that Ubuntu's interpretation > of the term "support" is a joke. > >
No need to shout at another user, mate. That was just my opinion. I was frustrated by this change just like you. I chose to 'bend' (change of habit). I still hate it because I am regularly typing mlocate instead of slocate on my few Feisty boxes left around. I'm sorry to hear that the slocate package is still in a broken state. I see this thread as an example how users are welcome to shed their light, tell their frustrations etc. etc. I don't think it is realistic to expect every single frustration to be ironed-out. After all, we all have make priorities. It turns out Ubuntu didn't share ours in this issue. Bugger. We still let them know. I know for a fact that that helps Ubuntu devs to be aware of what users need. Cheers, Seth -- slocate cron job fails if /etc/updatedb.conf not found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189462 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
