On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Shaleh wrote: > On 25-Feb-99 Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > I've got a package with _loads_ of .html files, but I can't see if they > > should be compressed or not. The policy-manual describes what to do for > > info files and manpages, but not for HTML - it just falls under the > > "compress unless it's small". > > > > I've no idea which webserver can server .gz files uncompressed, but I'd > > think it was most of them. > > If it goes into /usr/docs, compress large files (dh_compress takes care of > this). The user is responsible for uncompressing the info. > > New apaches can be forced to read gzipped pages.
As far as I know, neither debstd or dh_compress compresses html files. This way the user does not have to copy the files somewhere or install a web server. There are also many common-sense things that are not reflected in policy yet. For example, neither debstd or dh_compress compress *.gif files, because *.gif files are almost always already compressed. Maybe it's time to amend policy so that it matches current practice and common sense. Thanks. -- "cf1a6313e35860b861710f7089255c4e" (a truly random sig)
