Splitting up lib{xslt,xml2} packages
Max Bowsher
maxb@ukf.net
Fri Jun 27 19:37:00 GMT 2003
Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wanting to split up the lib{xslt,xml2} into
seperate -doc, -devel, -python,
> etc, packages. I figure I should wait until the next release, but just
wanted to
> hear is there's any thoughts pro or against this. This saves bandwidth for
the
> user that only needs lib{xslt,xml2} (the runtime(s)) and means there is no
> change required to the setup.hint files on sources.redhat.com to this to
happen.
>
> My inted layout is
>
> libxml2 the runtime library
> libxml2-doc manuals, docs, etc
> libxml2-devel headers and static libs
> libxml2-python python bindings
> libxml2-perl perl modules (XML::)
>
> libxslt ...
> libxslt-doc ...
> libxslt-devel ...
> libxslt-python ...
That could be very useful from those of us still stuck on modems.
When you do, you could move /usr/share/doc/* to /usr/doc/* to conform with
most other cygwin packages.
Max.
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