On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 07:36 -0500, Neil Roeth wrote:
> > 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?
Unless each copy of the documentation is 20M, then I'd say install both
HTML and PDF (in a -doc package if they are over say a meg) as anything
else is overcomplicated. We're just talking about a few megabytes.
Ross
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