Chipzz <chipzz@ULYSSIS.Org> writes:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>> Is there a difference between -common and -data? I noticed (while building
>> GTK+ 2.4 debs for ppc) that glib/atk have -data and pango has -common. Was
>> not sure, so thought I should ask.
> I wondered that too, and extracted the gtk and atk packages into a temp
> dir with dpkg-deb -x. It appears they contain the translations. Why
> exactly those aren't included in the main packages, I don't
> understand.
Debian supports more than one arch. Moving the translation data to the
"main" package would lead to a situation where the binary for an arch
contains a big chunk which is also in the package for another arch.
The -common, -data and -doc packages are Architecture: all. They are
built once and stored once. This saves space on the mirrors and
(sometimes, when the build process for this data can be separated from
the build process of the binaries) lowers the load on our buildd
machines.
Marc
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