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

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Why hasn't this been done? This is the one issue that has me wanting to
throw Ubuntu out the window. Every morning at 8am it eats my hard drive
for breakfast for more than 10 minutes straight. And for what? I've
tried using ubnutu's search feature and it never finds any thing. So
what the f is it even doing?

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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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