Hi Dan, On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:02:59AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: debian-reference-en > Version: 1.09-1 > Severity: wishlist > File: /usr/share/doc/Debian/reference/reference.en.ps.gz > > Perhaps don't distribute reference.en.pdf.gz reference.en.ps.gz > and even reference.en.txt.gz and just mention the tools one can > install if one wants to derive them from the .htmls?
PS, PDF and text files are created from SGML source, not from HTML. This makes it more difficult for users since they have to install various tools auch as tetex. On the other side Debian Reference is one of the most important documenations in Debian. I'm sure many people want to print it and that's much easier using PS (or PDF). Don't forget that PDF is searchable, that's also possible with HTML but more complicated (you need a search engine or need to grep various files). But you're right that size limitations could easily be solved this way. But do they exists? Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
