Dear all
I recently posted bug #545127 (see [1]) as I noticed that the package `publican' stores some shared files in /usr/share/Publican/ but stores its documentation in /usr/share/doc/publican/. As an end user, I expected /usr/share/publican/, given that the package name is `publican'. However, the upstream package uses /usr/share/Publican/. The Debian Maintainer (Mikahil Gusarov, in CC) does not wish to change the upstream source without a good reason, and that is perfectly understandable. The Debian Policy [2] has two places in which it says something about /usr/share/: sections 8.2 (Shared library support files) and 10.7.3 (Configuration Files > Behavior). However, according to Mikhail both sections are not applicable, either because there are currently no shared packages or because `publican' has no ./configure. [Correct me if I'm wrong, Mikhail.] Mikhail suggests to change some of the wording in the policy under 10.7.3 (see [1]). I see a few options here: - the policy does not cover this issue, and it is up to the the Debian Maintainer to decide how the directory in /usr/share/ is called; - the policy requires that directories in /usr/share/ be exactly /usr/share/<package-name>/. Given that <package-name> must use lowercase letters (Debian Policy 5.6.1). Most packages already do this, but this would affect some packages like X11 or PolicyKit, as Mikhail Gusarov noted; - the policy recommends /usr/share/<package-name>/, unless it is too difficult to implement. I would be most grateful if anyone could clarify this situation. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=545127 [2] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Best regards -- Danai SAE-HAN (韓達耐) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
