Several packages in Debian depend on another package and symlink their /usr/share/doc/<package> to the directory of this other package.
Section 13.5. of your policy says: <-- snip --> 13.5. Copyright information --------------------------- Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file `/usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright'. This file must neither be compressed nor be a symbolic link. ... <-- snip --> This seems to imply that making /usr/share/doc/<package> a symlink is wrong, too. Unless someone can convince me that my interpretation of your policy is wrong I'll start filing bugs against packages that symlink /usr/share/doc/<package> to the directory of another package. cu Adrian BTW: I'm not subscribed to debian-devel. -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed