Bill Mitchell:
> someone else (I missed the aqttribution) said:
Me :-)
> > > I completly agree. I have 434 items in /usr/doc, and that's too many.
> > > Splitting it up by package section is a very good idea.
>
> I'd agree that a directory with over 400 items in it is probably
> excessively unw
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Jim Pick wrote:
> One complication I can think of - dselect and the ftp sites have the
> concept of "overrides", where Guy can change the section a package
> is assigned to. This wouldn't be reflected in the /usr/doc
> directory - of course, this might not really matter.
I
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997 11:57:49 -0400 , Joey Hess wrote:
> Karl M. Hegbloom:
> > I think it would be good to divide the "/usr/doc" directory into sub
> > directories. It should be divided in the same as the Debian ftp site,
> > and packages should put their documentation into the same slot as the
>
> "Brian" == Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brian> Maintainers don't chose what section their package goes
Brian> in -- they only recommend. It's decided by the ftp site
Brian> maintainer (Guy).
Maybe they should co-ordinate with one another a little then.
Brian>
Hello,
On Jun 29, Mark Baker wrote
> particular problem with linux? Will the current changes to the VFS code in
> 2.1.x help?
No, not realy. The 2.0 Code is rather well optimized (with dir cache and
stuff). The Access of the Directory can be optimized and is a bottleneck on
system like news-serve
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Joey Hess wrote:
> > The directory is very large when you have a lot of packages
> > installed, and it takes a lot of processing to open it with a file
> > manager, web browser, or dired.
>
> I completly agree. I have 434 items in /usr/doc, and that's too many.
> Splitting i
> > > I think it would be good to divide the "/usr/doc" directory into sub
> > > directories. It should be divided in the same as the Debian ftp site,
> > > and packages should put their documentation into the same slot as the
> > > one they got ftp'd from.
> > >
> > > The directory is very larg
One complication I can think of - dselect and the ftp sites have the
concept of "overrides", where Guy can change the section a package
is assigned to. This wouldn't be reflected in the /usr/doc
directory - of course, this might not really matter.
Cheers,
- Jim
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> "Andreas" == Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andreas> should we change this for 2.0 or 2.1 ?
2.0!
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On Jun 29, Joey Hess wrote
> Karl M. Hegbloom:
> > I think it would be good to divide the "/usr/doc" directory into sub
> > directories. It should be divided in the same as the Debian ftp site,
> > and packages should put their documentation into the same slot as the
> > one they got ftp'd from.
Karl M. Hegbloom:
> I think it would be good to divide the "/usr/doc" directory into sub
> directories. It should be divided in the same as the Debian ftp site,
> and packages should put their documentation into the same slot as the
> one they got ftp'd from.
>
> The directory is very large whe
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