[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#470594: Bug#470594: openssl: please create a separate openssl-doc package

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:44:25PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Package: openssl
> Version: 0.9.8g-4
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu hardy ubuntu-patch
> 
> Two thirds of the current openssl package is documentation, which is
> quite large (640 kB). Since the documentation is not really
> interesting for casual users, embedded software, etc, it would be nice
> if it could be moved to a separate package.

I know, lintian actually gives a warninga bout it:
I: openssl: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 1828kB 78%

The same documentation is also available in the form of manpages in the
libssl-dev package.  I would like to move that to the -doc package in
that case too.


Kurt