Re: Where are translated man pages packaged?

[barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)]

On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:09:08AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:24:14AM +0200, 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.
> > Unfortunately this leads to conflicts when a translation is first
> > shipped by the latter, then incorporated into the former (e.g. when
> > it becomes part of upstream tarball).
> > 
> > Some developers are reluctant to include French translated man pages and
> > ask me to ship them in manpages-fr.  How can I make them change their
> > mind?  Is there a consensus that translated man pages must go with
> > original man pages?  Are exceptions needed for some packages?
> 
> I think it is proper to include translated man pages with original man
> pages, and to use apt-localepurge (now) or dpkg exclusions (when they're
> implemented) if people are worried about space. My gut feeling is that
> the manpages-LL packages should cover roughly the same topics as the
> English manpages package.

I fully agree.

> My experience has been that refusing to include translated man pages
> makes it much harder to tell when the man pages have got out of date.
> However, I'm not sure how to go about persuading reluctant developers of
> this.

I know what to do then: flame them here ;)

When grabbing old mails, I found an answer from a developer who told me
that his package is part of base and thus he wants to keep it small.
Is this indeed an important issue?

Denis