SPECS: lstat.spec - make %{_wwwrootdir}/lstat/doc symlink to %{_do...

[Tomasz Pala]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:41:48 +0300, Elan Ruusamäe wrote:

> well. imho this is wrong.

This is how it's done for many packages.

> documentation that application uses should be still bundled with package main 
> files, as if i install package --exclude docs, i get partial package.

Yes. That's what exclude docs mean.

> as this is against for point one from devel-hints-en.txt:

Could you emphase where exactly?

> Every package should, whenever possible, contain documentation files.

It does.

> Documentation files should be marked with %doc, which makes it possible

That's right.

> to refrain from installing them by passing the --exclude-docs rpm
> option, if that's what the user desires. You shouldn't:

Yeah.

> - mark files crucial to the program's functionality as %doc

It's not crucial to use lstat.

> and perhaps consider creating -doc subpackage, for folks having --exclude docs 
> and still get those documentation files used by app?

Feel free. But package these files only once, as it's 600KB.

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