On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:45:26AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >[...] upstream considered it completely unacceptable for anyone to >ship python in such a state that users would end up with less than the >full python suite installed on their system. [...]
In fairness, Perl upstream had similar problems with Debian distributing their product piece-meal. The principal concern was the exclusion of documentation, which seems to have been assuaged by the addition of a stub for perldoc which instructs users to install the perl-doc package. --bod, noting that the INSTALL doc now includes the contents of Debian's perl-base as an example of a minimal install... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]