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Re: RFC: Splitting manpages into 2 packages



=?iso-8859-1?Q?Nicol=E1s_Lichtmaier?= <nick@Feedback.com.ar> writes:
> On 3 Jun 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > >  One package with misc/general manpages and another with development
> > > manpages. What do you think?
> > What would be the relative sizes of each?  In theory I'm in favor.
[...]
>  So, if you don't do development, and don't even have gcc installed, you
> may be able to save 1600 kb of hd space.

Yes, go for it, I say.  Not everyone cares about development; even
many of those who recompile others' programs probably wouldn't care.
1.6 MB is a worthwhile savings.
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