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    <B>Wolfgang Bornath</B> 
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<PRE>2012/4/12 John Balcaen &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mikala at mageia.org</A>&gt;:
&gt;<i> 2012/4/12 Wolfgang Bornath &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">molch.b at googlemail.com</A>&gt;:
</I>&gt;<i> [...]
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> We have been talking about handbooks because they are single packages
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> (not included in the software package) which are not needed/wanted by
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> everybody and they are not necessary to run the software.
</I>&gt;<i> Handbooks *are* part of the software and &quot;artificially&quot; generate as
</I>&gt;<i> standalone package to fix a bug affecting live cd where this documentation
</I>&gt;<i> was not available to ease *installation* of it instead of reinstall all of
</I>&gt;<i> it.
</I>&gt;<i> If we're able in the future to get more space on our live-cd you can be sure
</I>&gt;<i> that i'll (if I'm still in charge) revert this ugly hack.
</I>
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.

&gt;<i> For the record luc also fix the installation of wrong handbooks on the DVD
</I>&gt;<i> install ( only the suggests one should be installed with the correct app) &amp;
</I>&gt;<i> I'll try to fix the last remaining bug pointed by anssi where a handbook
</I>&gt;<i> could stay available when the related app is removed.
</I>
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.

-- 
wobo
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