Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > Le 26 nov. 09 à 13:38, Lucas B. Cohen a écrit : > >> Esteemed Debian mentors, >> >> Is it considered acceptable for a package to blindly delete, then >> recreate its entire directory under /usr/share/doc upon installation or >> upgrade ? >> [...] >> In worse-case scenarios, these could be illogically interpreted as >> explicit permission for a package to rule unilateraly on its doc >> directory. > > It's not illogical, I really think no other package should ever put > anything in another package's /usr/doc/share/<pkg>. On the other hand, I > think it's best to keep the content of /usr/share/doc/<pkg> static as > much as possible.
Thank you Thibaut. I really was thinking more about a human who would have uncautiously stored some personal documentation in there. Installing a new Debian release and finding out your personal notes have been rm'd should IMHO not be a risk to the user, hower small. Of course I understand the standard files under doc/ (and even the whole directory) are under dpkg's control (obviously the, changelog copyright, etc.). But perhaps user's don't. > > Regards, Thibaut. > -- Lucas B. Cohen "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim." - Edgar W. Dijkstra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
