Bug#155374: Where are Installation Manual and Release Notes

[Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr>]

On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 09:24:55AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > > > > In what sense is this bug pending?
> > > 
> > > > In the sense that it is fixed in cvs, which will be version 3.0.24.
> > > > But 3.0.23 was used for woody and it is possible (likely?) that 3.0.24
> > > > will never be released since the debian-installer effort will replace
> > > > boot-floppies.
> > > 
> > > Is there any reason that install-doc shouldn't be removed from unstable
> > > and/or testing, if it's not going to be used for debian-installer?
> > 
> > The package is useless as it is so nobody would shed a tear for it, but I
> > don't know if there are any repercussions (or if it's against the etiquette)
> > if you ditch a binary package but don't adjust the source package it
> > originates from...
> 
> I've noticed that changes to the manual get propagated to the web from
> CVS, even though it's not 'released'. Removing it from testing / unstable
> wouldn't affect that, would it? 'Cuz I think that's a good idea.

If the web site relied on the install-doc package, it would be empty!
Just like the install-doc package is de facto empty.

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