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Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages should not require man / info / locale files

From	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.policy
Subject	Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages should not require man / info / locale files
Date	2024-12-10 10:30 +0100
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Patch attached. Resent with typo fix and locale requirement changed to
"should". Seeking seconds on this version.

Packages already tend to avoid requiring any files from /usr/share/man
or /usr/share/info, and don't require files in /usr/share/locale if
running in a C or C.UTF-8 locale.

My analysis of the Contents file
<https://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2024/12/msg00031.html> suggests
that this should not result in any new bugs.

Document this in Policy, so that it's explicitly supported for sysadmins
to use dpkg exclusions or similar mechanisms to delete /usr/share/man,
/usr/share/info, and /usr/share/locale.

- Josh Triplett

Thread

Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2024-12-05 19:20 +0100
  Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2024-12-05 22:10 +0100
  Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-12-06 03:50 +0100
  Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-12-09 13:30 +0100
  Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages should not require man / info / locale files Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2024-12-10 10:30 +0100
    Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages should not require man / info / locale files Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2024-12-29 09:20 +0100
    Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages should not require man / info / locale files Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org> - 2024-12-30 19:00 +0100
  Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2024-12-31 18:10 +0100
    Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-01-04 11:40 +0100
      Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2025-01-04 12:30 +0100
        Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2025-01-04 13:00 +0100
          Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2025-01-04 22:50 +0100

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