[Bug 271272] Re: updatedb should be weekly, not daily

[halfbeing]

I agree with Mikkel. I use 13.10 and I find every day that my machine
becomes completely unusable for around 15 minutes or so because of
updatedb. This is not behaviour I used to get when I was using Windows,
and I have never heard a Mac user complain about anything like this.

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Title:
  updatedb should be weekly, not daily

Status in “mlocate” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This is an enhancement or suggestion to save a little bit of wear and
  tear on hard disks.

  Basically, I think that a daily update of the locate database is too
  much.  Most folks don't add *that* many files on a daily basis.  So,
  why not reduce wear-and-tear on the HDDs by making the update weekly?

  If they do need the locate db updated *right now*, there could be a
  simple GUI invocation, as through the System->Administration menu.

  Pros:

  - Disk usage is reduced a significant amount for the vast majority of end-users (those who do simple web, email, business writing, music listening, etc.)
  - Ubuntu is that much more "green"

  Cons:

  - Locate DB is a little more latent in being up-to-date.

  Modulo the GUI part, implementing this is as simple as moving
  /etc/cron.daily/mlocate to /etc/cron.weekly/ .

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