This bug is not invalid, as per the The Debian Policy Manual the documentation
files should be Suggests not recommends
have reset status to incomplete. please do not change to invalid without
discussion first.
** Changed in: texlive-extra (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid = Incomplete
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Yes but unfortunately the default is to automatically install recommends.
Documentation of this type should always be a suggests.
Otherwise it WILL ALL WAYS be installed unless a user removes it by hand.
Even an update can cause it to be installed.
Not very sensible.
Recommends should only be
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texlive depends on docs that take up more space than the software
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401545
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Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: texlive-latex-extra
On a virgin ubuntu jaunty(9.04) system installing texlive-latex-extra will
install 385MB. Only 147MB is software while 238MB is documentation.
These figures are from aptitude and include texlive-latex-extra and its
dependencies.
