Today, I almost ran out of space on my /usr(2 gig partition). So, when trying to find things to remove, I turned my attention to /usr/share/doc(which contained 380 megs).
In doing this, I found several packages that had large quantities of documentation in a non-doc type package. This meant that all installs of said package had that documentation around. Additionally, we are all aware(I hope) about the naming inconsistencies. Some call it -doc, some call it -docs. Then, some place the documentation in -doc/, while others place it in foo/. Still others place it in -doc/, and then have a symlink from foo/. All this leads to end-user confusion. What do I install to read about foo? After I have *that* installed, where do I go to read about it? /usr/share/doc/, but then where? Also, there is the problem that some docs depend on their foo.deb, others don't. I don't have any suggestions as to the proper course of action. However, I would like to see some consistency applied. So, let's open the table for discussion.
