On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 01:16:37PM +0200, Manuel Prinz wrote: > Am Samstag, den 11.10.2008, 22:28 +0900 schrieb Charles Plessy: > > It seems that if we go the Debhelper way, we could make dh_references > > not install anything if DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS contains a 'nodoc' flag. > > Yes, this would be great for Emdebian and alike. > > > When a large majority of the scientific packages would contain > > debian/references, we could enhance dh_references to maintain central > > bibliographies in mainstream formats using DPKG triggers. > > This is what I had in mind. The thing I worry about is the "s" in > "formats". I doubt it is necessary to have more than one format. On the > other hand, we could make the user choose which formats (s)he wants via > debconf or something like that.
Personally, I think this (both a dh_* script and debconf) is overengineering. If we want to have files in /usr/share/doc/<package>, why can't we just use dh_installdocs for now? Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
