HEADLINE: Smarter handling of icons files during updates
DESCRIPTION:
This is a nitpick/wishlist item really. I started using Stretch while in testing, and noticed that most updates would download rather large sets of icons (few MBs). They look like archive files of icons, and I guess that if any change happens the whole set is downloaded again. This wasn't the case in Jessie.
When on a slow Internet link, it can definitely slow down upgrades. It would only be noticeable for Testing/Unstable, as otherwise these sets of icons would not change much. But when regularly updating testing, often these icons sets were a significant part of the downloaded data.
It could be nice to make updating those icons optional, for people behind slow links. Alternatively, handling them as a versioned list (text, easy to diff efficiently) + independent files could make their update more efficient than compressed archive files.
Again, just a nitpick/wishlist item. It's just that I haven't chased down what this comes from (I guess for GUI package management like synaptic? TBC) and don't know where this could be reported. You just gave me the opportunity ;)
DISTRIBUTION: Testing/Unstable (any version with frequent changes)
DESCRIPTION: This is a nitpick/wishlist item really. I started using Stretch while in testing, and noticed that most updates would download rather large sets of icons (few MBs). They look like archive files of icons, and I guess that if any change happens the whole set is downloaded again. This wasn't the case in Jessie.
When on a slow Internet link, it can definitely slow down upgrades. It would only be noticeable for Testing/Unstable, as otherwise these sets of icons would not change much. But when regularly updating testing, often these icons sets were a significant part of the downloaded data.
It could be nice to make updating those icons optional, for people behind slow links. Alternatively, handling them as a versioned list (text, easy to diff efficiently) + independent files could make their update more efficient than compressed archive files.
Again, just a nitpick/wishlist item. It's just that I haven't chased down what this comes from (I guess for GUI package management like synaptic? TBC) and don't know where this could be reported. You just gave me the opportunity ;)
DISTRIBUTION: Testing/Unstable (any version with frequent changes)