On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 12:43:16PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > severity 294413 serious > thanks > > Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 05:57:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > this package should really be removed from debian. > > > > - It is in italian, so it is absolutely useless for > > >99% of debian users. > > > > - The book can easily be downloaded from the internet as stated in the > > Description. So it does not make much sense to wrap it as > > a debian package. > > > > - It wastes *** 80 Megabytes of disk space *** in the > > debian mirror. > > > > > > If debian was jammed with such a documentation in every > > language on the world, the distribution would burst. > > > > Whoever wants to read this can do it much easier online or > > could easily download it with a simple click. There's no need > > to waste that much space on all debian mirror. > > Hm, I do think the submitter might have a point here. popcon notes 9 > installations of this book, and indeed, this is a full (huge) book being > packaged, which also isn't specifically Debian. There is a huge amount > of resources about linux and debian on the internet, and I myself am > indeed not able to see why this book would need to be distributed on all > mirrors and CD's/DVD's, and not merely be available from some unofficial > repository for those interested in a .deb package of the book. Also > documentation isn't hard to do without packaging, unlike programs, > further reducing the arguments in favour of inclusion. > > I'm not 100% sure though. Massimo, you didn't yet reply to this bug. > What is your opinion? Please share your thoughts. > > --Jeroen > > -- > Jeroen van Wolffelaar > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
I don't know. In the past I was requested to package this book by some italian readers, but I don't know really how may users actually use it and if it's still useful for debian. Anyway if you think the package wastes too much disk space it is ok for me to remove it. Should I take some action to have the package actually removed from the archives or is this mail sufficient? BTW, you should remove also alml which is only used for packaging this book. -- Massimo Dal Zotto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
