On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 09:43:17PM +0100, Sami Dalouche wrote: > I'm surprising by the number of Deb package because all Softs are splited for > ? Debian Policy reasons. > But why do not, for example the pkg : > tetex-bin > tetex-base > tetex-extras > > Why not spliting These 3 pkg into one and making new options to dpkg common to > all package like this > -install-base > -install-extras > -install-bin
This would make dpkg even more bloated than it is. This is not the right solution. > into one like RPM with an option -without-doc... > > The packages would be bigger but it's not alwways a problem... Well, but the size is one reason to split. Wh should I download 8 MB's which don't get installed? This slows things down, too. The real solution is to make the front end easier to use (hide library packages, group packages together in meta packages etc). This will be addresses for example in apt. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
