Quoting Michael Schwendt (2013-06-10 09:22:31) > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Documentation > > Proposed addition to the guidelines: > > Independent documentation -doc packages typically don't require the > base package. It should be possible to install documentation without > having to install a program and all its dependencies. > > Rationale: Recently, in package review requests, I've seen packagers apply > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Requiring_Base_Package > also to -doc packages. And there are packages in the collection, which > do that, too. This is a hindrance, especially if one only wants to peruse > the documentation or install API documentation for remote developing. > Of course, an exception to this is documentation in a special format, > which can only be viewed within an application. > > Thoughts? I know I know...Java has to be special case so our -doc packages are called -javadoc. Can we somehow make the wording a bit more generic? (getting rid of "-doc") -- Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky@xxxxxxxxxx> Software Engineer - Developer Experience PGP: 7B087241 Red Hat Inc. http://cz.redhat.com -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
