Re: packaging question
Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 00:07:47 +0000
> "David H. Askew" <dhaskew@arches.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Ok.. so i'm working on packages for jedit .. and I'm contemplating
> > splitting the documentation into its own sepperate package.
>
> That I would object.
>
> Splitting the docs when it doessn't have to happen, it not useful.
It depends. Don't do it gratuitously, but it's worth doing if the docs
are large.
I've used the floppy size rule in the past: when the package with docs
eventually got bigger than 1.4MB, I split the docs out (so it would be
possible to sneaker-net the package easily).
Peter
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