Hi, On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 07:08:49PM +0100, Mark Hobley wrote: > For any particular package, the full set of binary components, optional > documentation, and unused foreign language support files will be installed > by the package management system.
this sentence in its so-general-form is not true at all. However it is true that most packages include their documentation, because most of our users basically are interested in have this documentation installed and also because splitting documentation into a seperate package is not always desired (size constraints). > Each stand alone binary file should be individually packaged, rather > than bundled with other stand alone binary files. Oh no. You are not really suggesting that, are you? I see what you are trying to achieve but micro-packages, like you are suggesting, are really a step in the wrong direction. After all they will enforce other space problems then those you had before. It will increase the number of dependencies of a package, the needed space for package lists on every system and last but not least higher the space required on our mirrors. Not to mention everything I forgot. So, it sounds like a bad idea. Best Regards, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
