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El dc 07 de 02 de 2018 a les 20:01 +0100, Bill Allombert va escriure:
> > Versioned Recommends actually, but does a versioned Recommends make any
> > difference? 
> 
> That is why a versioned Depends: is needed.

A hard dependency on non-functional data makes no sense. What about a
new Outdates field? It would help to warn the user about outdated
documentation.

El dc 07 de 02 de 2018 a les 11:13 -0800, Russ Allbery va escriure:
> Then we can close this bug as unnecessary?  Since the *-doc mechanism is
> already specified.

I cannot make libc6 depend on glibc-doc.

> > I do not think so. Metadata is usually smaller than those files:
> > copyright, changelog, manpages, etc.
> 
> None of which you're addressing here except copyright.

True. What suffix would you use for copyright plus changelog?
-doc-minimal?

> I'm fairly sure about this, but feel free to do an experiment if you
> really want to check the numbers.

What metadata are you thinking of? What is the test you are suggesting?

El dc 07 de 02 de 2018 a les 12:25 -0700, Sean Whitton va escriure:
> Either way, please X-debbugs-CC the list rather than all four of us
> individually.

It would not work.
https://bugs.debian.org/831059

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