"Please split doc into foo-doc subpackage" -> why?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:24:21 -0400, Orcan wrote:

> There is another inconsistency. Some -doc subpackages in Fedora
> require the main package and some don't. I don't know what someone can
> do with, for instance, API docs of a library without having the
> library itself.

You can browse the API documentation and evaluate it, then decide whether
you want to develop with the library.

> But I don't see a guideline that tells that a -doc
> subpackage must require the main package.

And that's good.