Paul Elliott wrote: > > lintian -i -I is complaining about architecture-independent data: > I: libswe-dev: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 2121kB 78% > N: > N: The package has a significant amount of architecture-independent data > N: (over 4MB, or over 2MB and more than 50% of the package) in /usr/share > N: but is an architecture-dependent package. This is wasteful of mirror > N: space and bandwidth since it means distributing multiple copies of this > N: data, one for each architecture. > N: > N: If the data in /usr/share is not architecture-independent, this is a > N: Policy violation that should be fixed by moving the data elsewhere > N: (usually /usr/lib). > N: > N: Refer to Debian Developer's Reference section 6.7.5 > N: (Architecture-independent data) for details. > N: > N: Severity: wishlist, Certainty: certain > N: > > This is because the documentation in format .html and .pdf for this project > is 2.2Meg does this mean I must split out a seperate -doc package?
That's an informative lintian message, which means it isnt' a showstopping problem; however, as a best practice, those should be followed, so yes, your package really should create a separate doc package. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110928221553.313006b9b59f96e5910ba...@gmail.com
