+1 on making documentation from non-free (and contrib), more easily separable from other non-free stuff
There's incredibly important documentation in non-free: http://packages.debian.org/tar-doc http://packages.debian.org/gdb-doc http://packages.debian.org/glibc-doc-reference http://packages.debian.org/make-doc etc. and also in contrib http://packages.debian.org/gcc-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcc-doc-base etc. It's abstruse (putting it mildly) to just dump this stuff in the dustbin sections of non-free and contrib. We, as users, deserve better than that. See here for similar feelings: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=118957 http://www.gnewsense.org/Projects/DocRejectedByDebian It's not even easy to find documentation in non-free and contrib. The following command just finds packages that have "doc" somewhere in the name. (requires non-free and contrib added in /etc/apt/sources.list) aptitude search '?source-package(.*doc.*) ?section(non-free)' aptitude search '?source-package(.*doc.*) ?section(contrib)' But that misses packages like http://packages.debian.org/emacs24-common-non-dfsg which does not have "doc" in it's name. Here's a listing of some docs from non-free (not complete, since -> only packages with "doc" in their name) http://packages.debian.org/3dldf-doc http://packages.debian.org/bison-doc http://packages.debian.org/context-doc-nonfree http://packages.debian.org/coq-doc http://packages.debian.org/coq-doc-html http://packages.debian.org/coq-doc-pdf http://packages.debian.org/cpp-4.8-doc http://packages.debian.org/cpp-4.9-doc http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-experimental http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-fyi-bcp http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-informational http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-misc http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-old-std http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-others http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-std http://packages.debian.org/doc-rfc-std-proposed http://packages.debian.org/elmer-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcc-4.8-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcc-4.9-doc http://packages.debian.org/gccgo-4.8-doc http://packages.debian.org/gccgo-4.9-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcj-4.8-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcj-4.9-doc http://packages.debian.org/gdb-doc http://packages.debian.org/gfortran-4.8-doc http://packages.debian.org/gfortran-4.9-doc http://packages.debian.org/glibc-doc-reference http://packages.debian.org/gmp-doc http://packages.debian.org/gnat-4.8-doc http://packages.debian.org/gnat-4.9-doc http://packages.debian.org/gsl-doc-info http://packages.debian.org/gsl-doc-pdf http://packages.debian.org/gsl-ref-psdoc http://packages.debian.org/hevea-doc http://packages.debian.org/make-doc http://packages.debian.org/mgltools-pyautodock http://packages.debian.org/ocaml-doc http://packages.debian.org/org-mode-doc http://packages.debian.org/scribus-doc http://packages.debian.org/scribus-ng-doc http://packages.debian.org/spellcast-doc http://packages.debian.org/tar-doc http://packages.debian.org/texinfo-doc-nonfree http://packages.debian.org/emacs24-common-non-dfsg Here's a listing of some docs from contrib (not complete, since -> only packages with "doc" in their name) http://packages.debian.org/cpp-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcc-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcc-doc-base http://packages.debian.org/gccgo-doc http://packages.debian.org/gcj-doc http://packages.debian.org/gfortran-doc http://packages.debian.org/gnat-doc http://packages.debian.org/google-android-sdk-docs-installer http://packages.debian.org/python-ldap-doc So suggestion: * Make docs more easily findable (e.g. "show me all docs from non-free and contrib visible") * Allow packages in sections to become visible (via /etc/apt) by license (e.g. "make all GFDL visible") -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
