If you could (a) convert this into a proper policy change proposal, (b) fix the /usr/share/foo where you meant /usr/share/doc/foo, and (c) describe what goes in /usr/share/doc/foo-doc (just changelog and README.Debian pointing to /usr/share/doc/foo?), I would be willing to secondary the proposal...
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