Re: documentation types
Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 13:36 schrieb Neil Roeth:
> On Feb 10, Hendrik Sattler (post@hendrik-sattler.de) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
> > and provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
> >
> > Is there any preference on which type should be included in the -dev
> > package? I would prefer PDF:
> > * one file only
> > * easy to print
> > * many viewers available
> >
> > I would rather not build all three as this is a definite waste of disk
> > space.
> >
> > Suggestions are welcome...
>
> Could it be a configure option, so that the first time the package is
> installed it would ask which subset of the three to install (defaulting to
> PDF only), and later, when upgrading the package, it would install the same
> subset with no further interaction?
That would surely be possible with debconf but a Depends on docbook-utils and
all its dependecies would be required.
Would it be acceptable for a package to tell in its README.Debian how to
create the files? Then, docbook-utils could be a Suggests.
HS
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