[matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hello, the problem is this: $ ls -l python-matplotlib-doc_0.98.5-1_all.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 morph morph 91141234 2008-12-16 10:39 python-matplotlib-doc_0.98.5-1_all.deb 90M of doc package is a "little bit"... and expanded it's $ du . -hs 119M In this package we install: doc/build/html/ doc/build/la

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread Michael Droettboom
One question to ask is whether we need both the .pdf and .html manuals, or whether that could be broken up into two packages. That seems like an easy one if that fits Debian policies (which I know nothing about) -- and wouldn't degrade the documentation experience at all. Is there any way to t

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread John Hunter
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote: > Another option would be to not generate the high-res png and pdf > examples. (Either or both). Just removing them after the fact won't > work, since one would end up with broken links from the docs. We would > also have to change the

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread Darren Dale
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:39 AM, John Hunter wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Michael Droettboom > wrote: > > > Another option would be to not generate the high-res png and pdf > > examples. (Either or both). Just removing them after the fact won't > > work, since one would end up wit

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread Sandro Tosi
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 15:39, John Hunter wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote: > >> Another option would be to not generate the high-res png and pdf >> examples. (Either or both). Just removing them after the fact won't >> work, since one would end up with broken

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hello Darren, On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 16:03, Darren Dale wrote: > It seems like the documentation should be a separately installable package > as far as package managers are concerned. We already have separate the doc from other mpl parts, to be precise we have these pkgs: python-matplotlib - t

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread Sandro Tosi
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 15:10, Michael Droettboom wrote: > One question to ask is whether we need both the .pdf and .html manuals, or > whether that could be broken up into two packages. That seems like an easy > one if that fits Debian policies (which I know nothing about) -- and > wouldn't degr

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Debian + mpl 0.98.5 - Can we reduce the size of generated doc?

2008-12-16 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Sandro Tosi wrote: > Hello Darren, > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 16:03, Darren Dale wrote: >> It seems like the documentation should be a separately installable package >> as far as package managers are concerned. > > We already have separate the doc from other mpl