Hi, Ian Jackson wrote:
> The real problem is that these changelog files are primarily intended > for human beings. They should live in /usr/share/doc, and their > location should be transparent. I was convinced of this until I remembered that package descriptions are very similar in this respect. My gut feeling to expect to find changelogs in /usr/share/doc/<package> is actually mostly due to habit, I suspect. That doesn't mean it makes sense to ignore that habit, though. If we go down this path that dpkg might need to install a symlink under /usr/share/doc to help people get used to the file's new location. "dpkg-query --status" should give a hint about how to show the changelog, too. > The right answer is the IMO the splitting as proposed by Ansgar. One problem that that doesn't solve is what to do when a package would be able to borrow its /doc/<package> directory from another package (using a symlink) but for the changelog and copyright (which gets even harder when binnmus are involved). See http://bugs.debian.org/556015 Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130513201451.gd3...@google.com
