Re: Less DEB Package

1999-03-24 Thread Bruce Sass
What would be really nice is if there was such a thing as addendum packages for stuff that doesn't really deserve to have a package to itself, but would result in package bloat if they were incorporated into the base packages. e.g., All the little python-* packages. Instead of having a separate

Re: Less DEB Package

1999-03-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
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 ma

Less DEB Package

1999-03-23 Thread Sami Dalouche
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