Hi,
>>"Mike" == Mike Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Mike> I happen to disagree very much with the symlink proposals I have thus
 Mike> far seen, as well.  While it may be convenient for users to access the
 Mike> documentation as though it were in /usr/doc, when it had in fact moved,
 Mike> there is just no getting around the fact that things occasionally *do*
 Mike> move, and for good reasons - retaining symlinks perpetually would just
 Mike> not be a good thing.  Sooner or later, we have to tell our users that
 Mike> the files they are looking for are in a new place, in such a way which
 Mike> does not create confusion.

 a) the symlinks are only for the transition period.
 b) no proposal advocated having symlinks or maintainer scripts around
    forever. 

        manoj
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