* Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [051128 11:20]: > Dear all! > > Please comment, not only on the package naming, but also on the > bin-to-source mapping. > > > texlive-documentation-source 57M > ---------------------------- > Reasoning: The documenatation is actually in a specific language, so we use > the respective language code. > texlive-documentation-base texlive-base-doc > texlive-documentation-bulgarian texlive-bg-doc > texlive-documentation-czechslovak texlive-cs-doc > texlive-documentation-dutch texlive-nl-doc > texlive-documentation-english texlive-en-doc > > > Best wishes > > Norbert >
In [1], Thiemo Seufer asserts that "FWIW, Debian package names prefer e.g. foo-en-uk-doc over foo-documentation-ukenglish." I completely disagree. There is already precedent for using foo-doc-fr ordering of -doc-LANG: aptitude-doc-XX, udo-doc-XX, mdnkit-doc-XX, otrs-doc-XX, speechd-el-doc-cs (the -el- is emacs lisp, -cs is Czech), speech-dispatcher-doc-cs, lifelines-doc-sv, samba-doc-ja. I saw no examples of -XX-doc with XX a language. The most notable exceptions to PKG-doc-XX were doc-linux-XX and doc-debian-XX, but in these cases, you can consider 'doc-linux' and 'doc-debian' to be the package names, rather than "documentation for the linux or debian package." And, the -XX still came after. I think -doc-XX is more natural, and I don't see why in [2] Thiemo said that it made pattern matching harder. In fact, I think it is easier to find documentation for the foo package with foo-doc; then you can easily see what languages are available. Suppose you speak German and are looking for documentation for package foo. You search for foo-doc; it lists several, but not foo-doc-de. However, it lists foo-doc-fr, and you speak French as a second language. Weeding out foo-docutils with the -doc-XX ordering is at least as easy as finding doc packages in all languages with Thiemo's ordering. I am not currently a texlive user, but as a Debian user, I would much prefer the current precedent rather than your proposed -XX-doc. ...Marvin [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01661.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01673.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
