tag 653263 wontfix thanks On Sun, 25 Dec 2011, Bill Wenrich wrote: > Based on the definition of dependency fields in 7.2 at > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html, it > seems that the documentation set is better specified as a suggested > package. This is appropriate because lilypond may be more useful > with lilypond-doc, but no functionality is lost and it is reasonable > if the documentation is not present.
Only an unusual installation of lilypond would fail to include both the executable and the documentation. The documentation is Recommended precisely so that you can choose not to install it if the size of the package is troubling. The correct solution is to break the documentation into separate packages based on the language used, which is #443915. However, that requires substantial work, and currently has not been done. Don Armstrong -- "The trouble with you, Ibid" he said, "is that you think you're the biggest bloody authority on everything" -- Terry Pratchet _Pyramids_ p146 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
