Stuart Prescott writes ("Bug#906949: Clarify documentation location in a
Python2-less distribution"):
> b) keep using /usr/share/doc/python-foo: do we stick with
> /usr/share/doc/python-foo as a version-independent path even though no such
> package exists once the Python 2 package is gone? (I think there are
> currently no /usr/share/doc/ paths that don't match /usr/share/doc/$package)
This seems good to me. You could offer a symlink.
There are two reasons for the standardised paths in /usr/share/doc:
1. So that the user can find the right documentation.
2. So that you avoid clashes with other packagkes.
Not moving the docs about assists 1. As does providing a link
/usr/share/doc/python3-foo -> python-foo.
If there is no python[2] package then 2 is also served.
Alternatively, when dropping the python[2] package, move the docs but
leave a symlink the other way:
/usr/share/doc/python-foo -> python3-foo
Both of these mean /usr/share/doc is a bit more cluttered, but people
will be able to find the thing they are looking for, and they will
minimise the impact of the `messiness' of the transition.
What do you think of that idea ?
Ian.
