On Mon, Dec 22, 1997 at 06:54:08PM -0700, Anthony Fok wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, do you mean that wml contains copies of m4, eperl, txt2html and
> > other? If this is the case, they should be removed IMHO and wml should
> > depend on the debian packages. 2 MB to download takes 20 minutes for me and
> > costs a few buckets.
> 
> 2 MB is the installed size, i.e. the space that it takes on your
> hard drive after unpacking.  :)  The .deb was about 700 KB?

It is even shorter, ok... (but it could be even even shorter ;)
Installed size: 1.2 MB

I got a little hot, because I have only 50MB left on my disk...

> > I think if it is easy possible, it should be done, because it reduces
> > bandwidth. (Note that I don't know if the executables provide the same
> > functionality, I'm just guessing).
> 
> Christian and Tommi have already convinced me to do so.  :)  Hehe.  BTW, I
> am only doing non-maintainer uploads.  Tommi will probably take over
> eventually, once he gets his Debian developer status, that is.  <grin>

i am waiting, too. Hey, I didn't want to flame you. I just wanted to throw
my 2 cents in...

> The latest wml .deb depends on m4 and eperl.  More dependencies and
> symlinks will come when we finish packaging other components for Debian.
> <grin>

This, for sure, is the Right Thing (TM).  :-)
 
> Merry Christmas to you too!  :)

...and a Happy New Year!

Marcus

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