2014-02-25 21:36 GMT+01:00 David Lang <[email protected]>: > On Tue, 25 Feb 2014, Brad Davis wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 04:33:51PM +0100, Rainer Gerhards wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> as you probably know, we get a new documentation thanks to the >>> rsyslog-doc >>> project. I don't want to add all files individually to rsyslog. Would the >>> following work for you >>> >>> a) two tarballs are being provided, one with source, one with doc >>> b) a single tarball is provided, but it contains the doc tarball as whole >>> c) anything else? >>> >>> *I* would prefer a), but not sure if that's a decent choice for other >>> folks. Feedback appreciated. >> >> >> As the current maintainer for rsyslog in The FreeBSD Ports collection, I >> would prefer option B. To me it makes a lot of sense to ship >> documentation with the product so people do not have to go far when they >> have trouble. >> >> For some reason, this seems very unpopular with some of the linux >> distros. >> >> I think a common ground that would make sense is a web build that updates >> every day and shipping the latest build of docs with each release. > > > personally, I like having the docs as a separate package. > > on servers or embedded devices, I don't need to waste the space on all the > HTML documentation that is really hard to use anyway.
Fwiw, in Debian I do split the documentation into a separate binary package already. So, if the documentation is split into a separate source package, for my users nothing will basically change. It just means a bit more work for me. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
