On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 12:49:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: You're, uh, just eliding what I consider the substantive and interesting points in this discussion. That's not really very helpful. Do you agree with them, and are you convinced by the arguments? > Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > > The question isn't installing two packages (people already do that for > > apache and apache-doc, eg), it's about working out that emacs' docs are > > in a package called "emacs21-doc" versus "debian-political". > So, what's the problem? Or is the question about whether the docs are > in "main" or not? I know it's easy to forget, but ``Our Priorities are **Our Users** and Free Software''. Putting docs for random packages in a package with a completely bizarre name, and collating a bunch of docs from random packages into a single package when there's no natural correlation amongst those packages is a disservice to our users. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. "Security here. Yes, maam. Yes. Groucho glasses. Yes, we're on it. C'mon, guys. Somebody gave an aardvark a nose-cut: somebody who can't deal with deconstructionist humor. Code Blue." -- Mike Hoye, see http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/armadillos.txt
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