Re: docs, docs, and more docs(names of packages and location of files)
On 15-Jan-03, 08:58 (CST), Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 07:54:58PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> > Also, there is the problem that some docs depend on their foo.deb, others
> > don't.
>
> Since it's reasonable to expect that some people will just want to install a
> -doc package to read the docs e.g. on a machine where their PDF viewer works
> better or works at all, the dependency should be a Recommends or Suggests.
Why any dependency relationship at all? If I'm installing foo-doc, it's
reasonable to assume that I can figure out whether or not I want to
install foo on my own.
Steve
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