Am 12.04.98 schrieb hilliard # flinet.com ... Moin Bob!
BH> provides the source for the client/server software. These BH> dictionaries total about 32 mb in compressed form. Two of them, which BH> amount to about 24 mb, are essential for a satisfactory server, but it BH> would be highly desirable to have all installed. BH> Is there any policy regarding large text packages? I can not No, there isn#t. BH> find anything on this subject in the Policy Manual, but I remember BH> that Ian Jackson has expressed his disapproval of large text packages BH> that are not documentation. One person has suggested to me that Well, maybe we should remove emacs :)? BH> introducing such bloat into the distribution would be undesirable. I don#t see a problem with the size of the package. BH> could make installer packages to format and install the tarballs that BH> are available for anonymous ftp from the Dict Group's site. Please, don#t make installer packages. A lot of users don#t have FTP access and it#s very expensive downloading such big packages. I would prefer it on the Debian CDs. BH> archive by about 60 mb, including source, but it would penalize those BH> users who have slow or no net access, or who exorbitant telephone and BH> Internet access rates. Like in Germany, right :(. BH> of packaging these dictionaries. Is this a subject that should be BH> raised on policy? I think that the size of package is not a problem of the policy. cu, Marco -- Uni: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fido: 2:240/5202.15 Mailbox: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tu-harburg.de/~semb2204/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
