[drkonqi] [Bug 217087] Uninstall the used debug info packages after the report was sent

[Jekyll Wu]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217087

Jekyll Wu <adaptee at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #12 from Jekyll Wu <adaptee at gmail.com> ---
Hmm, I just don't understand why *uninstalling* debug symbols either
automatically or optionally can improve the work flow and experience.

#1. debug symbols are large. It takes at least a few minutes to download
(suppose you have great Internet connection). How does re-downloading those
debug symbols each time with extra delay bring better experience than just
keeping those debug symbols for reuse next time ? That only take (high)
bandwidth into account. What if the user's Internet connection is not fast and
paid by the volume of generated data traffic ?  Downloading those debug symbols
every time is just not  one acceptable behavior.


#2. Ok, I actually don't need to re-download those debug symbols every time,
because my package manager keeps the cache of those packages
(/var/cache/apt/archives/ for debian). But you still need to install those big
packages onto disk, which means heavy I/O and extra delay. If you automatically
uninstall them, then another cycle of heavy IO and delay. Does that provide
better experience ?


The only benefit of automatically removing debug symbols is saving some disk
space. But if you consider #2, then those saved disk space is really not that
much since you have to keep the cache.

3 years has passed, yet no one has show real interest in implementing this
improvement. Close it.

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