On Sat, 23 Jul 2016 22:59:43 +0200 Tollef Fog Heen <tfh...@err.no> wrote:
> ]] Jonas Smedegaard > > > Quoting Tollef Fog Heen (2016-07-23 18:58:37) > > > ]] Geert Stappers > > > > > >> FWIW I agree with both '"main package "should have > > >> documentation' and 'additional documentation in separate doc > > >> package'. > > > > > > I think we should stop recommending documentation be put in a > > > separate package and tell people who don't want docs to exclude > > > the relevant parts of /usr/share/doc using dpkg excludes > > > instead. Disk space is pretty cheap and we keep complaining > > > about the per-package overhead in Packages.gz, so it should be a > > > net gain for most people. > > > > If I understand you correctly, it will be a loss for those where > > bandwidth is expensive: Stripping documentation during install > > implied it need to be downloaded. > > Sure, but at the same time: docs tend to compress well, and people who > do development are more likely to run something up-to-date (like > testing or unstable) and so therefore are more likely to be able to > handle the bandwidth cost. I am a developer and regardless of the distribution I use, I often have a slow internet connection. So having to download possibly large documentation is a problem for me. Regards Sven
