slocate in the default desktop install

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 02:35:21PM +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 09:00:51AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 02:27:19PM +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > I like the suggestion of switching to a locate implementation that is less
> > > intrusive, but it doesn't seem feasible for 8.04, and I wondered if we might
> > > be able to do something in the short term to improve this.
> > 
> > Really? mlocate is a drop-in replacement for slocate, and I've been
> > using it since mid-December with no problems.
> 
> It seems like the sort of thing we'd want to do prior to feature freeze
> (which, as you know, is tomorrow).  However, if you feel that it's low-risk
> enough to warrant an exception, that would be great.  It seems like the best
> overall solution.

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mlocate/+bug/191775

Martin, if you have a moment to look this over, I'd appreciate it; as
far as I can see we ought to be able to promote this today.

Thanks,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]