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Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Why not use /usr/share/doc/javadoc instead?
> > I think it a better place, easier to find and more consistent.
>
> Ola,
>
> The precedent is for /usr/share/javadoc.
>
> Consider /usr/share/man and /usr/share/info. Are there others?
Man and info are basically their own formats... javadoc is just html.
but I see your point.
> The directories under /usr/share/doc/ are all associated with particular
> packages (counter examples?), whereas the /usr/share/javadoc,
> /usr/share/man, and /usr/share/info directories contain a certain type of
> documentation for groups of packages.
>
> p.s. A "general" name of apidoc would be bad.
agreed.
> We'd only do that if we moved all of /usr/share/man and /usr/share/info in
> there; otherwise what would be the point? And doing so would be like putting
> a square peg into a round hole. Let's stick to javadoc.
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