128MB notes (Bug #655831 )

[Jonathan Marsden]

On 03/24/2012 12:17 AM, Karl Anliot wrote:

> I checked my 12.04 Lubuntu machines.  2 had apt-xapian-index installed, 2
> didn't.

>

> Does this verify that there is a problem?


No, not really :)  If I remember rightly, this issue "returned" and then
was fixed again, during 12.04 development, I think.  Were the machines
that had it installed upgrades from older Lubuntu versions where it was
included by default?  Or just fresh 12.04 installs done earlier in the
12.04 development cycle?

If you can do a fresh test install of Lubuntu 12.04, from Beta-1 or
current daily ISOs, and find a way to get apt-xapian-index installed as
part of the default install, *that* would verify there is a problem.

> Let me say that if the workaround requires more than an hour
> searching google... it's not a workaround.


Nothing worthwhile requires more than an hour searching Google. IMO.

It seems to me this workaround required exactly one email to this list
(to which I replied), and exactly zero hours of Google :)

We can add my oneliner workaround to the Lubuntu FAQ if you wish.  You
should talk to the Lubuntu Doc Team folks about that, if you think it
would help.

IMO, Google is not and should not be the primary way to seek information
about Lubuntu issues, or indeed about Linux issues in general.  It tends
to find old obsolete mostly-incorrect forum and blog posts by novices,
and similar unhelpful things, instead of authoritative documentation.
If you spent more than an hour searching Google for a workaround to this
issue, then I think you need to re-learn how to more appropriately seek
assistance about Linux issues :)

> Could we blacklist this package for lubuntu?


There is no bug in the current 12.04 code or installer that you have
demonstrated, so far, is there?  See above.  And since this package runs
fine on machines with more beefy hardware, "blacklisting" it seems
inappropriate.  We simply need to confirm that it does not get installed
by default.

> Where do I file the bug?


If there really is still a bug causing apt-xapian-index to be installed
by default in current Lubuntu 12.04 images, then I suggest you could
file a bug against lubuntu-meta in the usual way, using ubuntu-bug.

Jonathan