Miloslav Trmac wrote:
On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 11:51:25AM -0400, Peter Arremann wrote:
ok - so the plan is to replace one thing that is done wrong (suck battery
life) with another thing that is wrong (not run as users got to expect it for
years) for one release only and then come up with a good solution?
<SNIP>
I at least had a hard time talking to the other guys at work and say "Yes, I
know from our perspective they are asking 99% of all guys that run a desktop
to do more work so it benefits the 1% that run a laptop, but this makes more
sense!"
No, I think updatedb should stay disabled by default even if the laptop
problem is solved, at least as long as slocate is a mandatory package in
the Base comps group. Most users that run a "desktop" don't use locate, so
running updatedb is just wasted.
i disagree with this point of view! slocate is verry usefull. If you are
windows person - is up to you to use graphic search backend. But to
locate something fast and quick - locate is your friend!
If slocate had to be manually selected for installation, it makes sense
to enable it by default... but installing the package is a more complicated
action than enabling updatedb if it is already installed.
Mirek