Marvin Renich wrote: > * 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.
The point was about "documentation" and "ukenglish". > 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. apt-cache pkgnames |egrep '(^doc-|-doc-|-doc$|-docs$)' should catch most documentation packages, it shows the -doc suffix as the most popular one. > 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. If you know you are intersted in "foo", then it is easy anyway (apt-cache pkgnames instead of search for the purpose of this discussion): apt-cache pkgnames | grep '^foo.*-doc$' If the idea is to remove some documentation from a space-constrained system, a -doc suffix would be easier. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
