On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 08:47 -0700, Robert Dodier wrote:
> > 3. Is there any particular reason to include the html version of
> > the Maxima manual in the distribution tar.gz file?
>
> Well, I think the motivation is that including the html & info files
> obviates the need to have the texinfo tools on hand when you
> build from the tar ball. That seems like a good idea, so I think
> the html files should stay.
I agree with your argument in the case of the info file. They are
required by describe. But the html files I see them as an extra
feature; they are already in the homepage where people can read them.
We could put them in a separate tarball that could be in the website.
We are talking about 446 html files and a change of the tarball size
from 13M to 9.7M.
> If you want to modify maxima.spec to change the rpms,
> that is OK by me.
OK, I will. Debian has a nice tool called lintian, which lists
several suggestions on how to improve those packages.
Regards,
Jaime