Bug#155374: Where are Installation Manual and Release Notes
On Sun, 11 May 2003, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 01:31:44PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 02:13:04PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > 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...
>
> The same reasons to remove install-doc would apply to the whole
> boot-floppies source package, wouldn't they?
Why not just file a bug report?
I've not actually tried installing testing, but I don't always let
ignorance stop me;-).
I have installed Woody S/390, and I found the manual for that rather
startling. It's clearly cloned from the i386 instructions, and I'm sure
a lot of it is plain wrong. Unfortunately, I'm not current with S/390 or
zSeries hardware, so I can't be sure of just what's wrong. Floppies in a
mainframe seems an odd notion these days though.
Both are, I think, better than nothing, and unless I'm wrong there, then
I suggest the existing package should remain. If someone can collate
patches, so much the better.
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John Summerfield
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