Hi, > > >>> On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:30:24AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > >>>> caspar-doc installs files in /usr/share/doc/caspar/ ; it should > > >>>> install them in /usr/share/doc/caspar-doc/
OK, here's my reasoning [feel free to move it to debian-devel]: If I, as a user, want additional documentation on /usr/bin/foo, I go look in /usr/share/doc/foo, or, if that doesn't exist, I check which package ships /usr/bin/foo, and look in /usr/share/doc/foopkg . I am not interested in wether documentation is shipped in a separate foopkg-doc . Furthermore I believe, for consistency, /usr/share/doc/foopkg-doc should, next to the policy mandated files, contain only files _about_ foo-documentation. For instance, instructions on how to generate the documentation in other formats than shipped, or instructions on how to contribute to the documentation. Therefore, I prefer foo-doc to install documentation in /usr/share/doc/foo . If the reported problem is a bug, it's a bug in debian-policy: apparently, policy is unclear about this issue. The way packages handle -doc packages is too inconsistent across Debian. However, if nobody is gonna invest a big amount of time in this problem, I doubt it'd be useful to reassign this bug to debian-policy. But well, others may disagree :) Bye, Joost
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