[Fedora-livecd-list] patch, manifest changes

[Jane Dogalt]

--- Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:

> Jane Dogalt (jdogalt at yahoo.com) said: 
> > While I agree that ruthlessly nuking things like /usr/share/doc is
> a
> > useful way to make your livecd image smaller, it seems like a bad
> thing
> > to me for the case here.  In addition to Jeremy's point, I'll just
> > throw in my anecdotal usage example-
> > 
> > firefox file:///usr/share/doc/qemu-bla/index.html
> > 
> > Is wanting to read the manual for the software you are using on a
> > livecd something that "doesn't make sense for a *desktop* livecd". 
> I
> > think the answer is no.
> 
> Maybe I'm weird, but I think the stock target for a 'desktop' livecd 
> probably isn't ever invoking qemu from the command line. The idea
> is that help & docs for the things we'd ship on a desktop should
> be part & parcel of the apps themselves, not random things hidden
> away in /usr/share/doc that someone needs to know to look for.
> 

Setting asside my estimations of qemu's usefulness...

IMO /usr/share/doc is where manuals are supposed to go.  Are you
suggesting they be binary encoded in the app for all applications?  As
an anecdotal developer, I have plans on developing software which keeps
its documentation in html form under /usr/share/doc just like qemu,
because it just seems like the right packaging style choice.  Of course
I haven't yet read all the fedora packaging guidelines...

-dmc/jdog



 
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