Re: At what point do I create a seperate -doc package for a library?

[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

Paul Elliott wrote:

> 
> lintian -i -I is complaining about architecture-independent data:
> I: libswe-dev: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 2121kB 78%
> N: 
> N:    The package has a significant amount of architecture-independent data
> N:    (over 4MB, or over 2MB and more than 50% of the package) in /usr/share
> N:    but is an architecture-dependent package. This is wasteful of mirror
> N:    space and bandwidth since it means distributing multiple copies of this
> N:    data, one for each architecture.
> N:    
> N:    If the data in /usr/share is not architecture-independent, this is a
> N:    Policy violation that should be fixed by moving the data elsewhere
> N:    (usually /usr/lib).
> N:    
> N:    Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 6.7.5
> N:    (Architecture-independent data) for details.
> N:    
> N:    Severity: wishlist, Certainty: certain
> N: 
> 
> This is because the documentation in format .html and .pdf for this project
> is 2.2Meg does this mean I must split out a seperate -doc package?

That's an informative lintian message, which means it isnt' a
showstopping problem; however, as a best practice, those should be
followed, so yes, your package really should create a separate doc
package.

Best wishes,
Mike