On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote:

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> On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
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> > On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Christian Schwarz wrote:
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> > >      The documentation will be distributed via several packages:
> > >
> > >            foo-doc-html      for HTML docs
> > >            foo-doc-info      for GNU info docs (where available)
> > >            foo-doc-xxx       for other formats (only where appropriate)
> >
> > This is a very good compromise and I like it.
> >
> > BTW: Should foo Suggest/Recommends foo-doc-html and/or foo-doc-html?
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> At most, there should be a suggest for foo-doc-html|foo-doc-info.
> Recommends is too strong, it is annoying to beat dselect into submission
> when you really don't want a package.

I think the package should use "Suggests: foo-doc" and all doc packages
should use "Provides: foo-doc".


Thanks,

Chris

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