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Hi, On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 03:23:40PM +0200, Michael Wiedmann wrote: > * Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote [050417 14:26]: > > > The user guide in /usr/share/doc/latex-beamer is gzipped, and neither > > xpdf, gpdf nor evince are able to read it (gv is, though). It is pretty > > cumbersome having to gunzip the user guide in your $home directory > > prior to being able to read it, so I suggest you do not let it get > > gzipped on package creation. > > But isn't this a requirement of the Debian policy? > > See "Debian Policy Manual, 12.3. Additional documentation", > > ... and compressed with `gzip -9' unless it is small. The whole sentence reads: "Text documentation should be installed in the directory /usr/share/doc/package, where package is the name of the package, and compressed with gzip -9 unless it is small." PDF documents are not "Text documentation", and they cannot (by most tools) be displayed transparently when gzipped, while most pagers/editors handle gzipped text just fine. I have nothing against a gzipped manual in text format as well (or .ps.gz, if you want), but I think it just makes no sense for .pdf. Also note that .pdf documents are compressed anyway, so the space savings due to compression are limited. cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
