On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 01:04:28PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > package: debian-policy > version: 3.6.2.1 > > Section 12.3 says extra documentation should be compressed if it is small. > However, small is not defined. It would be useful if it was; otherwise, there > is no real incentive to compress documentation, as one person's "too large" is > another person's small. > > Also, the text says compressed with "gzip -9, unless it is small." Does that > mean I can compress with gzip -1 if it's small, or bzip, or zip?
Since policy is supposed to document current practice and a lot of package use dh_compress, I would say small is <4kB. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
