* Christian Marillat | >>>> "DS" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | DS> While the principle of "least surprise" is important, it should not be | DS> used to stifle progress. Moving the docs and demos out of the runtime | DS> package is a significant "bloat" reduction. Moving them into -dev is not. | DS> Making a third package -doc, containing the info, doc, and demo sections | DS> now found in the runtime package makes the most sense. Thus a | DS> non-development system can still have complete documentation when needed | DS> without either the runtime or the -dev packages installed. (screw 'em if | DS> they can't find it ;-) | | "My" conclusion: | | You can't build demos source if the -dev package isn't installed. And the | info documentation is *really* for developper. This package contain | libraries, so an end user don't need to know how to program this library.
Sometimes, a library is installed because it is needed to fulfill a Build-dependency, not because the one installing it is interested in using it to program anything. -- Tollef Fog Heen Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.