On 06/12/13 05:39, Timothée Ravier wrote: > On 05/12/2013 20:10, Lukas Jirkovsky wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Gaetan Bisson <bisson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> [2013-12-04 15:00:31 -0500] Sébastien Leblanc: >>>> I am kind of annoyed by the time it takes to update the MIME database >>> >>> Please, please, please. Bug reports and feature requests go to: >> >> I'm not sure whether this should classify as a bug report. > > How could this not qualify for a bug report? > > Maybe this should also be discussed upstream as this is not a Arch > specific issue as far as I understand. Maybe they do have reasons for > calling fsync so heavily. > >> Back to the topic. Lately, I have been annoyed by that, too. Maybe >> it's some recent change (or I just didn't notice it before). I concur, >> syncing something like MIME database that can be easily rebuild in >> case an unlikely filesystem corruption occurs seems kinda stupid. > > Again, file a bug upstream. > I have seen this bug filed upstream and rejected. It is a "feature"... For the same reason, I would frown on Arch patching it out. It is how upstream decided they want their software. Allan
