On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 05:16:21AM -0200, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Hi Marc! > > On 2/13/06, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Please, don't treat me as a clueless newbie. The package in question > > is exim4-doc-html, the documentation for Debian's default MTA. The > > fact that I maintain that package should show that I have been around > > the block multiple times. > > Sorry for that. It wasn't my intention. > > Section 12.4 of Debian policy says that if we can provide > documentation in HTML, we should do this. As I understand, the txt > files are part of the html (there are links pointing to the txt, as > you said). If we want a fully functional HTML documentation, we need > the txt files uncompressed. > Section 12.4 is not clear about compressing files that are needed by > the HTMLs, but I would let it uncompressed. It's better in my opinion. > > Maybe include an explanation on README.Debian, saying why the files > are not compressed, but I don't know if it's necessary.
I don't think users care about it, if it works. No note needed, it'd only confuse. > But in short, don't compress. It is better to end users. I agree here, it's the road of least confusion to the users. The space saved is probably pretty minimal anyway, considering the size of the total doc package already. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
