On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:59:50PM +0100, Nicolas Bonifas wrote: > Package: libjpeg6b > Severity: wishlist > > The files coderules.doc, install.doc, libjpeg.doc, usage.doc, filelist.doc, > jconfig.doc, structure.doc and wizard.doc, which are found in the > libjpeg62-dev and libjpeg-progs binary packages, are in the Microsoft Word > format, but they contain no images nor formatting, so there is no reason to > keep them in this proprietary format. > I think these files should be converted into simple text.
Hello Nicolas, Theses files _are_ simple text files. Microsoft does not have a monopoly on the .doc extension. It was quite common in the UNIX world to use .doc to denote documentation in plain text in the past. %file -z /usr/share/doc/libjpeg62-dev/*.doc.gz /usr/share/doc/libjpeg62-dev/coderules.doc.gz: ASCII English text (gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, `coderules.doc', last modified: Sat Jan 6 23:37:17 1996, max compression, os: Unix) /usr/share/doc/libjpeg62-dev/libjpeg.doc.gz: ASCII English text (gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, `libjpeg.doc', last modified: Sat Feb 21 22:08:54 1998, max compression, os: Unix) /usr/share/doc/libjpeg62-dev/structure.doc.gz: ASCII English text (gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, `structure.doc', last modified: Tue Nov 21 18:00:39 1995, max compression, os: Unix) %zcat structure.doc.gz| head IJG JPEG LIBRARY: SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Copyright (C) 1991-1995, Thomas G. Lane. This file is part of the Independent JPEG Group's software. For conditions of distribution and use, see the accompanying README file. This file provides an overview of the architecture of the IJG JPEG software; that is, the functions of the various modules in the system and the interfaces between modules. For more precise details about any data structure or calling Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
