e4rat should be added

Bug #1063673 reported by dino99
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

AS a smart utility, e4rat package should be part of ubuntu-minimal, and available from ubuntu archive to apply on ext4 filesystem

Description
e4rat ("Ext4 - Reducing Access Times") is a toolset to accelerate the boot process as well as application startups. Through physical file realloction e4rat eliminates both seek times and rotational delays.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/e4rat/files/0.2.3/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubuntu-minimal 1.286
Uname: Linux 3.6.1-030601-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 8 12:09:48 2012
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

Related updates:

- a ppa: https://launchpad.net/~trinitronx/+archive/minimal-no-ureadahead

- a blog: https://rafalcieslak.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/e4rat-decreasing-bootup-time-on-hdd-drives/

Hope to see e4rat package landing into ubuntu archive, and becoming an ubiquity default choice asap when the installation is done on hdd

tags: added: raring upgrade-software-version
Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
dino99 (9d9)
tags: added: saucy
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

That package is no more an ubuntu one.

Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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