On 7 May 2001, Christian Marillat wrote: > >>>> "SMR" == Steve M Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > SMR> Hi Christian & Dale, > > Hi, > > [...] > > SMR> If Dale has agreed to do move the docs (either to -dev or to -doc), > SMR> that seems to me to answer the bug report. I don't understand what > SMR> question Christian's posting to -devel is supposed to raise. > > Dale said in his conclusion : > > DS> now found in the runtime package makes the most sense. Thus a > DS> non-development system can still have complete documentation when needed > DS> without either the runtime or the -dev packages installed. (screw 'em if > DS> they can't find it ;-)
So, asside from "screw 'em" what's wrong with this statement? Putting the docs in a separate package means that you can choose to read the docs without installing either the runtime or the -dev packages. You are also free to install any combination of the three that suites your needs. As the runtime and the docs packages are both about the same size, I saw no reason to bulk up the -dev package with unnecessary cruft. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux" _-_-_-_-_-_- _- _- _- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 _- _- Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road _- _- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _- _- _- _-_-_-_-_- Released under the GNU Free Documentation License _-_-_-_- available at: http://www.polaris.net/~dwarf/