Re: Where are translated man pages packaged?
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 09:40:29AM +0200, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Denis Barbier wrote:
>
> > There is currently no consensus whether translated man
> > pages should be shipped along with original man pages or
> > within manpages-xx packages.
>
> Personally, I would prefer that translations (of both
> man-pages and user-interface) were shipped in separate
> packages on a per package and per language basis. In other
> words, like there are different packages for different
> platforms (with the machine specific files), there should be
> different packages for different locales (with the language
> specific files).
>
> So my preference is to move the language specific files out
> of the application packages, but not to just dump them in
> big catch-all language specific packages.
>
> Jacob
>
> PS: I know that I (or somebody else), would have to hack
> dpkg and/or apt, to get the above suggestion to work.
> (but I hope it is okay to dream)
In a perfect world, I would agree with you. But right now, doing so would
lead to a database explosion which is not acceptable. As long as dpkg isn't
patched, the two only solutions are to put translated manpages within the
binary packages, or in a catch-all package.
That's very sad, but I think database explosion is a bad thing, and we
cannot put this burden on the whole Debian community.
So, I guess we have to search for a good solution *in the current situation*.
That's very sad, but as long as I (or somebody else) do not implement what
is needed in dpkg, I do not feel the right to whine about that (but
stating seem ok :)
Bye, Mt.
--
Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the
Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao.
But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.
-- The Tao of programming
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