Errr... he is a TU. Em Quinta 29 Setembro 2005 10:17, matthew g escreveu: > Mr. Fink I think I have some advice for you leave the mailing lists! > You complain about all the mailing being to long, etc... etc.... I think > its great that there is a good discussion if one of the trusted users judd > think it to long or they don't like it they would say so. As far as I know > your not a trusted users and if you are your pathtic trusted user. > > On 9/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey gang; > > > > O.K.....this discussion has gone on long enough IMnsHO. > > > > And it was redundant BEFORE it got started last week or so. > > > > How so you may choose to ask ? > > > > It has already been discussed at least two times in the past couple of > > years or so. And NOTHING has changed accept the names of the folks > > whining. > > > > Bottom line: Judd does not like docs being part of a package UNLESS they > > are help files required by a gui-based app., man pages, or not available > > anywhere else (including the web). > > > > This is also VERY old news for arch, going back to its' inception. It > > remains a hard and fast declaration of how this distro will work. > > > > > > Have a nice day. And very best regards; > > > > Bob Finch > > > > > A) Regarding documentation: > > > Hey.. why not try this: > > > > > > 1) alter makepkg to create a second <pkgname>-docs package if there are > > > any docs [includes /usr/share/doc and info pages (i badly need these > > > for a lot of programs when offline)] > > > > > > 2) create a separate "docs" repository which has just these document > > > packages (these packages have no dependencies on anything, so no > > > hastle maintaining them) > > > > > > 3) The transition to these stuff can go on slowly.. meaning start off > > > now, so that all future packages will have docs, dont worry about > > > older packages until a rebuild is necessary for some other purpose. > > > > > > Thus we can endup with an elegant solution pleasing ppl who want > > > documentation(*shouts me me me!*) and ppl who dont care about docs. > > > > > > (disclaimer: i dunno if anyone has suggested this.. but i just got this > > > as a brainwave this morning :D ) > > > > > > > > > B) Regarding pacman normal features, i request some option to allow > > > "automatic downgrading" as i had explained in one of my previous > > > threads. > > > > > > > > > Best Regards to the arch team. > > > > > > -- > > > Vinay S Shastry > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > -- > Matthew G. > Website http://msg43.homeip.net > AIM: msg431 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GTalk: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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