Debian Bug report logs - #495386
ITP: compcache-tools -- utils for RAM based blockdevices

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: ITP: compcache -- creates RAM based block devices to act as swap disks

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:49:34 +0200

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : compcache
  Version         : 0.4
  Upstream Author : Nitin Gupta
* URL             : http://code.google.com/p/compcache/
* License         : GPL-2
  Programming Lang: C and Shell
  Description     : creates RAM based block devices to act as swap disks

This project creates RAM based block device (named ramzswap) which acts
as swap disk. Pages swapped to this disk are compressed and stored in
memory itself.

Compressing pages and keeping them in RAM virtually increases its
capacity. This allows more applications to fit in given amount of
memory. This is especially useful for:

    * Embedded Devices: Memory is scarce and adding more memory
increases device cost. Also, flash storage suffers from wear-leveling
issues, so its useful if we can avoid using them as swap device.

    * Small Desktops (aka Virtual Machines!): De/Compression is much
faster than swapping to disks (include seek times!). Of course, you also
get to run VMs with much less RAM assigned. Total memory savings from
individual VMs can be quite significant if multiple VMs are hosted.

    * LiveCDs : These typically do not have any disk swap configured.

Regards,
Daniel

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Message #12 received at 495386@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Dmitry E. Oboukhov" <unera@debian.org>

To: 495386@bugs.debian.org, 495386-subscribe@bugs.debian.org, daniel@debian.org

Subject: ITP: compcache -- creates RAM based block devices to act as swap disks

Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:19:56 +0300

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Hi, Daniel

Your ITP is older than one year. Are You going to build the package?

compcache has been allowed to linux-2.6.33 and its utilities (ioctl)
will be necessary soon.

http://code.google.com/p/compcache/
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Message #17 received at 495386@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>

To: "Dmitry E. Oboukhov" <unera@debian.org>

Cc: 495386@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: ITP: compcache -- creates RAM based block devices to act as swap disks

Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:44:59 +0100

Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote:
> Your ITP is older than one year. Are You going to build the package?

yes, i'll finish it soon.

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Internet:       http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/

Message #26 received at 495386-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>

To: 495386-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#495386: fixed in compcache-tools 0.6-1

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:47:05 +0000

Source: compcache-tools
Source-Version: 0.6-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
compcache-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

compcache-tools_0.6-1.diff.gz
  to main/c/compcache-tools/compcache-tools_0.6-1.diff.gz
compcache-tools_0.6-1.dsc
  to main/c/compcache-tools/compcache-tools_0.6-1.dsc
compcache-tools_0.6-1_i386.deb
  to main/c/compcache-tools/compcache-tools_0.6-1_i386.deb
compcache-tools_0.6.orig.tar.gz
  to main/c/compcache-tools/compcache-tools_0.6.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 495386@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> (supplier of updated compcache-tools package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:49:30 +0100
Source: compcache-tools
Binary: compcache-tools
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.6-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel@lists.debian-maintainers.org>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
Description: 
 compcache-tools - create RAM based block devices to act as swap disks (utilities)
Closes: 495386
Changes: 
 compcache-tools (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
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   * Initial release (Closes: #495386).
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