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>Jakub Wilk <[email protected]> writes:
>> * Olе Streicher <[email protected]>, 2012-07-10, 12:14:
>>>I: python-astropy: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 4137kB 87%
>
>>> How do I create an arch independend package that contains these
>files? 
>
>> [...] I'd rather not do that. You will likely end up with either
>> dependency loop or a package that is not useful for anything when
>> installed alone.
>
>Debian Developer's Reference section 6.7.5 (Architecture-independent
>data) recommends to do so, and I would just trust Lintian's
>recommendation here.
>
>Or are they outdated with todays disk capacities?

Neither devref nor Lintian are suicide pacts. It's good general advice, but not 
to the point of creating dependency loops or broken packages.

Scott K


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