James R. Van Zandt writes: > There is an alternative I think we should consider. Let each binary > package include both .info and .html files. Give dpkg two additional > switches --no-html and --no-info which would be used with -i. These > would cause dpkg to immediately remove /usr/doc/foo/*html or any files > installed in /usr/info, respectively. Diety could still manage the > sysadmin's preferences, but the only effect would be to add the above > switches to the dpkg command line. If the sysadmin changes his mind, > he could simply reinstall the binary packages. > > This had the disadvantage of taking up more space on the mirrors and > CDROMs -- there is a copy of the documentation in the binary package > for each architecture. However, I think it would be much simpler to > implement and administer.
This is IMHO definitely inacceptable: you forget network bandwidth, and phone communications to ISP for users (eg. french) who still have to pay for local calls :( -- Yann Dirson e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://monge.univ-mlv.fr/~dirson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .