Re: RFS: pdfmerge
On 02/03/04, at 15:31 +0100, Thomas Viehmann <tv@beamnet.de> wrote:
>
> OK. Let's assume that I'm convinced that a pdfmerge script was useful.
Good start :-)
> There's no reason to produce packages for a one liner.
> As for your "another way of doing things": Just because there's not one
> exclusive right way doesn't mean that there's not a lot of wrong ways.
Alright. If I follow your way of thinking correctly, then Debian should
start removing lots of packages.
I'll just pick one: igal! I have nothing against this package but I'm
trying to follow your lines of reasoning.
Take a look at igal: It's possible to make an image gallery program
in one liner. :-p I don't have to show it to you coz I'm pretty sure you
know how to do it.
Well you can possibly argue that it's inefficient. You can list so many
packages in Debian that we can find a one-liner turnaround. I believe you
can list many, so why don't you start taking them off.
> No. Those people would prefer to have pdfmerge without apt-get install.
I wouldn't bet on it if I were you. This script is in the ATrpms
repository <http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/> and many people from
RH/Fedora world are already doing an
apt-get install pdfmerge
for your information.
> I will do things in overly complicated ways most of the time. But that's
> why there's a peer review list here to sort things out.
>
So far you're the only one objecting to including it in Debian. Our aim is
to make it available to lots of people. If it weren't that useful I would
keep it in my drawer.
If many people do not want it in Debian, I'll back off. I'll keep it on
SF.net (as deb) and in RedHat/Fedora repositories (rpms).
With kind regards,
Didier.
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