Bug#515051: texlive-pstricks: relax dependency on texlive-pstricks-doc?
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 19:11, Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
> On Fr, 13 Feb 2009, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>> Suggests is here for this reason: have a way to communicate to users
>> of other packages that might enhance package experience while not
>> installed by default.
>
> Hilmar is right. Many upstream (in fact up-upstream authors, those
> writing the actual TeX/etc code) would prefer to *ALWAYS* have the
> documentation distributed together with the tex code.
>
> Now we agreed with upstream (TeX Live) and some up-upstream (original
> authors) that we make the docs a recommends so that it is by default on
> all installations but those where the user interferes on purpose.
>
> That is our intention and it will not be fixed or changed. Otherwise we
> will re-incorporate *ALL* doc files back into the orginal packages
> without even the option to not install them.
>
> It is not soooo hard, simply remove the -doc files if you want. They
> will not be re-installed oin upgrades.
Is this working even for the first installation?
Please consider (and respect) that not everyone has broadband
connection (sad but true) and that documentation is not strictly
needed to use the tex code (even if I recognize that upstream and you
packagers prefers this way), and for them any Mb not downloaded for
something not needed is a Mb saved to something else (maybe more
useful).
Regards,
--
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
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Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi
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