On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 11:07:29PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > Where does one draw the line about how much documentation should be > included? I just finished the first version of my first package, I threw > in everything. In debian/docs: > > ABOUT-NLS
This one is probably the generic file that gettext (or whatever) includes in all internationalized programs. Don't include it. > AUTHORS What's the contents? If it's just one name, and you included it in the copyright file, then it's not needed :) > INSTALL If it's generic, don't include it. If it explains only stuff about compiling from source, don't include it either. > NEWS If it's like other NEWS files I've seen, this is fine. If there's no upstream changelog, use this as it. > README Usually fine... depends on the contents sometimes. > TODO Ditto. > I have a new copyright file in the debian/ directory, so as not to > duplicate the GPL, One never duplicates the GPL, just reference /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, like the Policy says. > as well as a debian/TODO file. Is this getting installed in the binary package? -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
