Hello, On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 07:14:16AM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > Can you provide any generic guidelines on how large the docs should be to > warrant a separate -doc package? This comes up from time to time > sponsoring, and for new packages I've seen packages rejected because the > - -doc package was too small.
Afaik there is no generic guideline. I looked at the files in the binary deb and counted there size together in mind. I came to several hundread kilobytes for the docs (and also for the jars). This led me to the conclusion that this warrents a split. I also had the following from the FTP Master Reject FAQ in mind: "You split a package too much or in a broken way. Well, broken or too much is a wide definition, so this is a case-by-case thing, but you should really think about a split before you do it. For example it doesn't make any sense to split a 50k arch:all package from a 250k arch:any one. Or splitting a package for only one file, depending on the main package. Yes, big dependency chains can be a reason. Or big documentation splitted into one -doc package. The point there is big." Call it a stomach feeling. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
