On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 02:18:32PM +0200, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 12:43:16PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > severity 294413 serious > > thanks > > > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 05:57:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > this package should really be removed from debian. > > > > > > - It is in italian, so it is absolutely useless for > > > >99% of debian users. > > > > > > - The book can easily be downloaded from the internet as stated in the > > > Description. So it does not make much sense to wrap it as > > > a debian package. > > > > > > - It wastes *** 80 Megabytes of disk space *** in the > > > debian mirror. > > > > > > > > > If debian was jammed with such a documentation in every > > > language on the world, the distribution would burst. > > > > > > Whoever wants to read this can do it much easier online or > > > could easily download it with a simple click. There's no need > > > to waste that much space on all debian mirror. > > > > Hm, I do think the submitter might have a point here. popcon notes 9 > > installations of this book, and indeed, this is a full (huge) book being > > packaged, which also isn't specifically Debian. There is a huge amount > > of resources about linux and debian on the internet, and I myself am > > indeed not able to see why this book would need to be distributed on all > > mirrors and CD's/DVD's, and not merely be available from some unofficial > > repository for those interested in a .deb package of the book. Also > > documentation isn't hard to do without packaging, unlike programs, > > further reducing the arguments in favour of inclusion. > > > > I'm not 100% sure though. Massimo, you didn't yet reply to this bug. > > What is your opinion? Please share your thoughts. > > > > --Jeroen > > > > -- > > Jeroen van Wolffelaar > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl > > I don't know. In the past I was requested to package this book by some > italian readers, but I don't know really how may users actually use it > and if it's still useful for debian. > > Anyway if you think the package wastes too much disk space it is ok for > me to remove it.
80MB can be significant in making the cut between 2 DVD's or 3 DVD's, or whether or not sarge fits on 1 dual-layer DVD. To be honest, for the latter 80MB savings might not be enough, but it certainly helps a big deal, this book being close to 1% of the size of sarge. > Should I take some action to have the package actually removed from > the archives or is this mail sufficient? If you're positive, officially you're requested to file a bug on ftp.debian.org pseudopackage asking for its removal, but I can take it on from you if you explicitely say you've decided you want it to be removed. For sarge, I think we'll now remove it, for unstable, a more explicit statement is needed :). > BTW, you should remove also alml which is only used for packaging > this book. It might be of wider use though, I don't know. I'm hoping for input from the alml maintainer on this. Thank you very much, --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
