manual: descriptions for -data and -doc pkgs
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* [32bit packages](#32bit_pkgs)
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* [Subpackages](#pkgs_sub)
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* [Development packages](#pkgs_development)
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* [Data packages](#pkgs_data)
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* [Documentation packages](#pkgs_documentation)
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* [Python packages](#pkgs_python)
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* [Go packages](#pkgs_go)
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* [Haskell packages](#pkgs_haskell)
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@ -973,6 +975,42 @@ If a development package provides a `pkg-config` file, you should verify
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what dependencies the package needs for dynamic or static linking, and add
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the appropriate `development` packages as dependencies.
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Development packages for the C and C++ languages usually `vmove` the
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following subset of files from the main package:
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* Header files `usr/include`
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* Static libraries `usr/lib/*.a`
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* Shared library symbolic links `usr/lib/*.so`
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* Cmake rules `usr/lib/cmake`
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* Package config files `usr/lib/pkgconfig`
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<a id="pkgs_data"></a>
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### Data packages
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Another common subpackage type is the `-data` subpackage. This subpackage
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type used to split architecture independent, big(ger) or huge amounts
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of data from a package's main and architecture dependent part. It is up
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to you to decide, if a `-data` subpackage makes sense for your package.
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This type is common for games (graphics, sound and music), part libraries (CAD)
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or card material (maps). Data subpackages are almost always `noarch=yes`.
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The main package must then have `depends="${pkgname}-data-${version}_${revision}"`,
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possibly in addition to other, non-automatic depends.
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<a id="pkgs_documentation"></a>
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### Documentation packages
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Packages intended for user interaction do not always unconditionally require
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their documentation part. A user who does not want to e.g. develop
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with Qt5 will not need to install the (huge) qt5-doc package.
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An expert may not need it or opt to use an online version.
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In general a `-doc` package is useful, if the main package can be used both with
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or without documentation and the size of the documentation isn't really small.
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The base package and the `-devel` subpackage should be kept small so that when
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building packages depending on a specific package there is no need to install large
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amounts of documentation for no reason. Thus the size of the documentation part should
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be your guidance to decide whether or not to split off a `-doc` subpackage.
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<a id="pkgs_python"></a>
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### Python packages
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