Re: Deleting uncompressed Info/Doc files at upgrades
Hi,
>>"Peter" == Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:
Peter> "win" this one meaning to convince people that it's a good idea in the
Peter> first place.
Hmm. I would not have put it in such a zero sum perspective.
Peter> I think I would have wasted my time coding this, as some have strongly
Peter> objected to what they perceive as dpkg playing behind their back.
I agree with you there. dpkg, or any other program, should not
second guess the human this way.
Peter> But perhaps coding an '--handle-uncompressed-docs' that is disabled by
Peter> default would be good.
dpkg does not know that a file is a document, or have any idea
of the information content of files in general, apart from maintainer
scripts. I do not think it would be feasible to educate dpkg to
understand what the implications of the contents of files are, and to
change behaviour accordingly, since there are far too many formats
out there.
manoj
and yes, I know what the proverb actually is
--
May you live in uninteresting times. Chinese proverb
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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