Comment 8 for bug 512096

Tests done with the latest git and bzr revisions are positives. The only thing that remains is that the file status-new is not synced to status. This is a minor a annoyance since running 'dpkg --configure -a' after the crash will correct the error.

There is a performance impact of a factor 2 (2 times slower) on installation and upgrade of a package.
It would be great if additional testing could be done.