Re: At what point do I create a seperate -doc package for a library?
Paul Elliott wrote:
>
> lintian -i -I is complaining about architecture-independent data:
> I: libswe-dev: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 2121kB 78%
> N:
> N: The package has a significant amount of architecture-independent data
> N: (over 4MB, or over 2MB and more than 50% of the package) in /usr/share
> N: but is an architecture-dependent package. This is wasteful of mirror
> N: space and bandwidth since it means distributing multiple copies of this
> N: data, one for each architecture.
> N:
> N: If the data in /usr/share is not architecture-independent, this is a
> N: Policy violation that should be fixed by moving the data elsewhere
> N: (usually /usr/lib).
> N:
> N: Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 6.7.5
> N: (Architecture-independent data) for details.
> N:
> N: Severity: wishlist, Certainty: certain
> N:
>
> This is because the documentation in format .html and .pdf for this project
> is 2.2Meg does this mean I must split out a seperate -doc package?
That's an informative lintian message, which means it isnt' a
showstopping problem; however, as a best practice, those should be
followed, so yes, your package really should create a separate doc
package.
Best wishes,
Mike
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