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El 06/01/2015 08:02, "JoKoT3"
Hello,
I maintain the package gnuplot-nox [1], which is a low dependency version of extra package gnuplot [2].
Until recently, I was building and installing the gnuplot.info file (texinfo format) using file gnuplot.texi which was provided in the archive. (generation goes this way : gnuplot.doc -> gnuplot.texi -> gnuplot.info).
The latest release of gnuplot (5.0) does not provide the intermediate texi file anymore. Without it, I cannot generate the info file directly, I have to use emacs to generate the texi file. This bring a new build dependency to the package.
I'm looking for advises on how to deal with the situation : 1/ Can I provide a locally built gnuplot.info in the package ? Does this respect the standard ? 2/ Should I give up on providing the info file ? 3/ Should I keep the emacs build-deps and keep building the info file ? Not really low-dependency...
Also note that generating the info file is not a default target of the Makefile since version 4.6.4.
The only other "usable" source of documentation I can provide with the package is the gnuplot.pdf file which is still present in the archive.
Regards,
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnuplot-nox/ [2] https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gnuplot/
Ir The provide a manpage then drop the infopage else use metod 1