Subject: /usr/doc/copyright/<package> -> /usr/doc/<package>/copyright ?

From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 96 00:45 BST

It's nice to have all these files in the same directory, but people
are starting to do things like having /usr/doc/foo/REAMDE be a link to
/usr/doc/copyright/foo or vice versa, and splitting the documentation
for a package up across several directories doesn't seem to work very
well.

Should we move the copyright file (and the examples directory) into
the per-package directory in /usr/doc ?

BTW, the FSSTND has nothing to say about this.

Ian.

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From: Rob Browning <[email-masked]>
Date: 31 Jul 1996 22:18:13 -0500

Rob Browning <[email-masked]> writes:

Wow, that didn't come out sounding like agreement.  To clarify, it
was.

> Ian Jackson <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> I prefer the idea of it all in /usr/doc/package-name.
> 
> i.e.
> 
> /usr/doc/bash/examples
> /usr/doc/bash/copyright
> /usr/doc/bash/README
> ... whatever

--
Rob

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From: Steve Greenland <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 21:17:03 +1900 (CDT)

> the per-package directory in /usr/doc ?

I would prefer this. This would put all the non-{man,info} docs
for a given package in one place, which I think is a Good Idea.

SteveG

-- 
The Mole - I think, therefore I scream

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 21:20 EDT

Ian> Should we move the copyright file (and the examples directory) into
  Ian> the per-package directory in /usr/doc ?

Good idea.  Can we also recommend/impose to include the Changelog [1] file ?

[1] The format could either be free format, or if one is imposed, an emacs
function should be provided, otherwise add-change-log-entry is good enough.
We all know that Ian hates it, as he hates debian-changes, but it's real easy
on the user.

--
Dirk Eddelb"uttel                             http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd

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From: Rob Browning <[email-masked]>
Date: 31 Jul 1996 20:20:55 -0500

i.e.

/usr/doc/bash/examples
/usr/doc/bash/copyright
/usr/doc/bash/README
... whatever

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Rob