> >> At present, it's pretty random. I would like a consistent answer to make
> >> its way into policy, but there are lots of different cases, and I don't
> >> think a simple "foo-doc installs stuff into /usr/share/doc/foo" is the
> >> best answer. One must also consider that some doc package a
> > > What about the /usr/doc/foo
> > > symlink -- is foo-doc going to take care of that? What if I later
> > > install foo? Who gets to remove the link?
> > I don't know, but this kludge is a secondary thing, and should not be
> > considered when making policy. Any policy will last longer than th
> Nicolás, my one concern: lets assume a user installs both mutt and
> mutt-doc, and mutt-doc installs its docs into /usr/share/doc/mutt.
>
> User says to userself, "why is my /usr/share/doc so big?" A `du' later,
> and the mutt docs are the culprit. User thinks to userself, "bummer, I
> like mutt
On 23-Aug-00, 18:17 (CDT), Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ... Current policy
> > requires that /usr/doc/ exist (possibly as a symlink to
> > /usr/share/doc/).
>
> Then why don't more package implement that policy?
Because they're *brok
On 23 Aug 2000, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Woody shall have a full /usr/share/doc/ when released, while
> > allowing for partial upgrades from potato all the way, under the
> > plan.
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 02:03:06PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> The "partial upgrades" issue is a myth. As I s
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 07:17:32PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> > From: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ... Current policy
> > requires that /usr/doc/ exist (possibly as a symlink to
> > /usr/share/doc/).
> Then why don't more package implement that policy?
If the package doesn't do th
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.1.1.1
Severity: wishlist
I'd like to recommend a change in policy regarding "examples" (section
6.7), such that source code and shell scripts must either live in
/usr/share/doc/package-name/examples, or (here's the change) if the
package name ends in (or contains?
On 23 Aug 2000, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Woody shall have a full /usr/share/doc/ when released, while
> allowing for partial upgrades from potato all the way, under the
> plan.
The "partial upgrades" issue is a myth. As I said, we have never
guaranteed that *every* conceivable partial up
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: srivastaThu Aug 24 00:08:38 PDT 2000
Modified files:
. : menu-policy.sgml policy.sgml
upgrading-checklist.html
virtual-package-names-lis
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