On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 10:23:45PM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote: > I would like to package these eight dictionaries to accompany > dictd, but if there is a policy against such large text packages, I > could make installer packages to format and install the tarballs that > are available for anonymous ftp from the Dict Group's site.
Personally I'd prefer to have additional packages dictd-web1913, dictd-foldoc, dictd-... (depending on dictd), so that I could omit the bible-related stuff on my computer and to have a better granularity. The only drawback, would be that you'd need to write a `dictd-install' script which modifies /etc/dictd.conf. Installer-packages are IMO view a bad idea (but this is from a personal viewpoint): 1. they should only be necessary for non-DFSG software, 2. people with bad connectivity and/or high-priced local telephone companies (e.g. living in Europe :), shouldn't be forced to download 40MB+ software individually. > The largest, and most important, of these dictionaries has a > copyright that is not DFSG compliant. I have been corresponding with > the author, however, and expect to have a version that is DFSG > compliant within a few weeks. Nice! David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]