Re: fbbdoc package - possible removal

[Chris Knadle <Chris.Knadle@coredump.us>]

On Wednesday, September 03, 2014 14:11:16 Colin Tuckley wrote:
> The fbbdoc package hasn't had a real update since 21 Dec 2001 when it
> was initially uploaded.
> 
> All of the uploads since then have only been changes to the Debian
> packaging!
> 
> Upstream has now stopped including the documentation in the tarball for
> fbb, relying on the Web version instead. So we don't have an upstream
> source for it any more.

I've had a quick look at the latest upstream tarball from Jul 2013 (the fbb 
source package has a watch file that points to this):

   http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/BBS-f6fbb/xd705f-src.tar.bz2

and the docs/html/ directory looks very similar to me, so I'm not sure I 
understand what you mean.  Is this not the same source?

It seems (on the surface at least) like the fbbdoc package is essentially a 
duplicate of what's contained in fbb and that the fbb package control file 
could add an 'fbb-doc' binary package if it's still desirable to have these 
docs split into a separate package.  [Or at least if I was maintaining this 
package, that's one of things I'd consider.]

> I'd like to propose that we remove the fbbdoc package from Debian.

That seems to me like the right thing to do regardless.

> Any objections? If I don't hear anything within a few days I'll request
> removal of the package.
> 
> Colin G8TMV

  -- Chris KB2IQN

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Chris Knadle
Chris.Knadle@coredump.us