On Jan 10 19:04:47, gen...@mva.name wrote: > > There is an option to support; the packages need to be reinstalled > > or there are untracked files; the manpage formatter needs to call > > external unpackers. All this to save 40M. I honestly don't think > > it's worth it. > > Why do you care about calling external unpacker, > but do not care about saving 40MB?
Because not having to call an external unpacker allows for the manpage formatter to be simple; whereas saving 40M of space is of no concern.