For the moment, this pages tries to summarise the brainstorm started on -devel.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/06/msg00273.html
Solution |
Ressource-hungry |
Official |
data in .deb format |
Easy to apt |
Local processing |
Package as usual |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
Packgage data and provide processing scripts to other packages |
yes, but less duplication |
yes |
yes |
not fine-grained |
automated |
Dummy package |
- |
yes |
no |
yes |
manual |
Packaged cron script |
- |
yes |
no |
yes |
automated |
Wrapper |
- |
yes |
yes |
yes |
automated |
Fink |
- |
yes (.info files) |
no |
no, but fink can manage dependencies |
automated |
New branch separated from main |
optional miroring |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
Unofficial repository |
not for Debian |
no |
yes |
needs a key? |
no |
dpkg --admindir=$HOME/somedirectory |
depends |
depends |
yes |
no |
no |
Biggest space consumers
- Games data,
- Scientific data,
- -dbg packages.