root-doc subpackage slightly obese

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sun Aug 8 19:23:18 UTC 2010


Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> I've taken a look at the root source rpm, and it looks like root-doc is
> generated by root itself *after* root has been completely built (rather
> than as part of root's build process).
> 
> I've opened a bug, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621812
> suggesting that the documentation generation be moved even later, into
> the %post section of the root-doc install.  This means the documentation
> will be generated on the user's machine, eliminating the need for a
> massive download.

In addition to the issues I pointed out elsewhere in this thread, this means 
you need to install the source code (!) of the package on the client. This 
is in itself a significant download and it's something Fedora does not 
normally do.

        Kevin Kofler



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