I would argue that the texlive-latex-extra-doc package should be only a *suggested* package when installing texlive-latex-extra. Because the default policy is to install packages that are marked as *recommended*, it means that a (currently) 317 MB package will be downloaded any time one wants to install texlive-latex-extra, unless you explicitly specify you don't want recommended packages.
But requiring the use of the --no-install-recommends flag with apt-get is problematic because it also prevents any other recommended software from being installed. It is better to allow the user to "opt-in" to the large download, than require the user to have to "opt-out" of it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to texlive-extra in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/822828 Title: texlive-latex-extra-doc is too big in size and includes unneeded big minitoc-fr.pdf file (~27Mb) Status in “texlive-extra” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: texlive-latex-extra-doc is too big in size (187 megabytes) and includes unneeded big minitoc-fr.pdf files (~27Mb size) in /usr/share/doc/texlive-latex-extra-doc/latex/minitoc/ folder: ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ ls -lh usr/share/doc/texlive-latex-extra-doc/latex/minitoc/mini*pdf 27M 2009-05-31 00:46 usr/share/doc/texlive-latex-extra-doc/latex/minitoc/minitoc-fr.pdf 27M 2009-05-31 00:46 usr/share/doc/texlive-latex-extra-doc/latex/minitoc/minitoc.pdf I don't know why these minitoc*.pdf files are so big, maybe because of included images in PDF files? It would be nice to decrease size of minitoc*.pdf files, maybe converting to Dejavu or HTML format would help? If there are no way to decrease size of minitoc*.pdf files at least twice then please remove minitoc-fr.pdf file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-extra/+bug/822828/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
