On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 01:40, Susan Kleinmann wrote: > Hello, > > On 22 Sep 2002 11:44:28 BST, Mark Howard <mh@tildemh.com> said: > > Hi, > > We're working (upstream) on a java program which includes multiple > > l10n files, based on ResourceBundles. [...] > > Where does Debian want these files installed?=20 > > If the documentation is large, then it would be helpful if it could > be placed into a separate package. (Files in that package could still > be accessible on the CLASSPATH.) A separate package for a large documentation > set has two advantages: > -- anyone who doesn't need the documentation (e.g., he has 2 machines, and only > needs the docs on one of them) needn't bloat his system with unnecessary > documentation. > -- anyone who wishes to provide access to docs for Debian packages (e.g., as > a service for his colleagues or his students) won't be required to install the > executables. > > Normally, the documentation for package foo goes in /usr/share/doc/foo. Hi, This isn't actually documentation as such. It's files containing strings used within the program (for the user interface), in multiple languages. >From the java code POV, it is easiest to just have these in the main jar file so I'll probably just do that. Thanks for everyone's comments. -- +----------------------------------------------+ | Mark Howard cam.ac.uk mh344@ | | http://www.tildemh.com tildemh.com mh@ | +----------------------------------------------+
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