On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 12:58, Matthias Klose wrote: > yes, at least for python2.3 > > > Would it be sensible to include something about this in python > > policy? > > is it needed?
Policy is perhaps the wrong place for it, but at the moment this "feature" is not well advertised. Splitting the -dev package into -dev and -doc-dev -- the latter having only the doc tools -- would make it more obvious that you don't need to ship them in your diff (a few packages do, currently). But if the -dev package had a mention in its description and in README.maintainers then it would be easier to know that the tools are shipped. Of course, then it would be sensible to agree that they will ship at least as long as upstream ships them. Here's a snippet for the control file: Includes templates, tools and scripts used to produce Python-like documentation. And something for README.maintainers: Doc tools --------- If your package ships documentation produced in the Python documentation format, you can generate it at build-time by build-depending on pythonX.X-dev, and you will find the templates, tools and scripts in /usr/lib/python2.3/doc/tools -- adjust your build scripts accordingly. Cheers, -- Fabian Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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