Re: Splitting a package between doc and binary

[shaleh@clifford.livenet.net]

> 
> The gri package for i386 is 2MB in size.  About 3/4 of that are
> docs suitable for all archs.
> 
> Should I split the package to save space on servers (sharing the
> doc) and keep it as is to reduce name space and number of
> packages?
> 
> I do think most gri users will want the docs (especially since
> it's a programming language, so users need to learn it).  But
> perhaps a minority of users would upgrade the binary package and
> not necessarily the docs package as often if they were on a modem
> connection. 
> 

Sounds intelligent.  If docs change infrequently, that eases the load on modems,
servers, T lines, etc.

Better would be if the upstream would split the docs from the source.  Then you
could simply have two packages and upload each as needed.