[Mageia-dev] [Mageia-discuss] Handbooks - the lot

Thu Apr 12 19:14:26 CEST 2012

2012/4/12 John Balcaen <mikala at mageia.org>:
+> Le 12 avr. 2012 06:38, "Wolfgang Bornath" <molch.b at googlemail.com> a écrit :
+>>
+> [...]
+>
+>> I am strictly opposed to include documentation in a software package,
+>> in general, not only in the case at hand. Although I spent much time
+>> for voluntary translation work, I still think it is up to the user if
+>> he wants/needs the documentation. A prominent example which matches my
+>> POV is The Gimp.
+>>
+>> Reality is that in non-technical issues people in charge decide on the
+>> basis of their opinion. That's the normal way and the rest has to live
+>> with it. I have no problem with that.
+>
+> You should here open a bug report on kde bugzilla then to get attention &
+> remove documentation from every kde tarball/project (which also means to
+> deal with the F1 shortcut & have a dynamic help menu)
+
+I don't open bug reports on something I know is a wanted feature by
+the developpers. Wastes my time and the time of the bug squad.
+
+>> > For the record luc also fix the installation of wrong handbooks on the
+>> > DVD
+>> > install ( only the suggests one should be installed with the correct
+>> > app) &
+>> > I'll try to fix the last remaining bug pointed by anssi where a handbook
+>> > could stay available when the related app is removed.
+>>
+>> If non-installation of handbooks is not possible then at least make it
+>> possible to *uninstall* handbooks without having to use 'rpm --nodeps'
+>> on each and every one.
+> I don't remember having a package requiring his handbook at all since I used
+> suggests here especially to fix the live cd problem I pointed earlier.
+> The idea is to ensure that you'll get kcal handbook removed when kcal
+> package is removed.
+
+As I wrote:
+1. At system installation by the installer I can not exclude the
+handbook from installation when I mark the application for
+installation in the individual package selection (which would be my
+choice but is rejected). There is no "--no-suggests" option in the
+installer.
+2. So after system installation I want at least be able to uninstall
+the handbooks while keeping the applications.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+