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Re: -doc subpackage Group tag
- From: Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com>
- To: Chris Adams <cmadams hiwaay net>, Development discussions related to Fedora Core <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
- Cc:
- Subject: Re: -doc subpackage Group tag
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:56:29 -0400
Chris Adams (cmadams hiwaay net) said:
> Once upon a time, Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com> said:
> > Frankly, I've been of the opinion that the docs should be
> > merged into the main package, and can be installed with
> > --excludedocs if people want that. I'm probably in the
> > minority though (and the PHP manual makes this excessive. :) )
>
> But how do you add or remove docs after the fact?
Well, in general, you can always remove them by hand and install
newer versions with --excludedocs.
The other way is messier, though.
I just don't like a lot of packages which are 'maybe useful but
no good way to get them installed in any sane automated or easily
defined fashion'. Which most -doc packages are.
Bill
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