Re: pdf files in upstream tarball and -doc package
On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 07:15:03PM -0200, Antonio S. de A. Terceiro wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My upstream authors include in their tarball both LyX input files and
> the generated PDF files. Since those PDF's are quite important for the
> package, I'll include a -doc package with them.
Why not.
> Should I rebuild the PDF's from the LyX inputs to generate my -doc
> package (and thus build-depend on lyx), or it's ok to just include the
> provided PDF's?
You need to think 2 separate questions:
1. Should you check to see PDF file can be generated from the source
manually?
--> You must check and verify the provided PDF is the correct one.
2. Should your debian/rule has to regenerate PDF from the source?
--> Not always. I have seen several generated document used.
(e.g. doxygen related documents are not trivial to build
sometimes.) I would not bother to rebuild although pedantic
discussion may lead to different direction. There are many
precedences.
HTH
Osamu
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