RE: when to split up a package
On 22-Nov-2000 Ian Eure wrote:
> are there any guidelines as to when i should split a package into several
> smaller packages?
>
> i maintain eggdrop, which is just under 2mb installed. about 450k of that
> is documentation. should i think of splitting it off into an eggdrop-doc
> package?
>
would someone want only part of the package? would it make sense to install
one part without the other? How hard is it to maintain the extra package?
Once you can answer these, the decision is easy.
For eggdrop, I doubt there is much gain unless you get frequent requests by
users.
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