Re: fbbdoc package - possible removal
On Wednesday, September 03, 2014 14:11:16 Colin Tuckley wrote:
> The fbbdoc package hasn't had a real update since 21 Dec 2001 when it
> was initially uploaded.
>
> All of the uploads since then have only been changes to the Debian
> packaging!
>
> Upstream has now stopped including the documentation in the tarball for
> fbb, relying on the Web version instead. So we don't have an upstream
> source for it any more.
I've had a quick look at the latest upstream tarball from Jul 2013 (the fbb
source package has a watch file that points to this):
http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/BBS-f6fbb/xd705f-src.tar.bz2
and the docs/html/ directory looks very similar to me, so I'm not sure I
understand what you mean. Is this not the same source?
It seems (on the surface at least) like the fbbdoc package is essentially a
duplicate of what's contained in fbb and that the fbb package control file
could add an 'fbb-doc' binary package if it's still desirable to have these
docs split into a separate package. [Or at least if I was maintaining this
package, that's one of things I'd consider.]
> I'd like to propose that we remove the fbbdoc package from Debian.
That seems to me like the right thing to do regardless.
> Any objections? If I don't hear anything within a few days I'll request
> removal of the package.
>
> Colin G8TMV
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