Bug#1135097: Bug#885698: What licenses should be included in /usr/share/common-licenses?

Salvo Tomaselli <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:10:46 +0200
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> Those 100 could easily be packages that most systems don't have
> installed -- or, in particular, that systems that are trying to be
> really small almost never have installed.
>
> Really we need to hear from the people who are trying to make the
> minimal install of Debian small.  That's not me.

I was one of these people. I just deleted /usr/share/doc entirely so I
don't think a couple kb more in there would make any difference.
Certainly it wouldn't have made it for me.

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