Vince Mulhollon wrote: >On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 01:02:33PM +0000, paul_c wrote: > > >>Read the LFSH - /usr/share/doc is for miscellaneous documentation - Sample >>configuration files are not "documentation". If you use standard packaging >>tools and conventions, the sample configuration files would be installed >>in /usr/share/<package name>/ >> >> > >Don't know what the LFSH is. > > Linux FileSystem Hierarchy, I think. Part of the LSB (Linux Standard Base) project maybe.
>This situation is handled explicitly by Debian Policy, section 12.6 Examples > > Any examples (configurations, source files, whatever), should be > installed in a directory `/usr/share/doc/<package>/examples'. These > files should not be referenced by any program: they're there for the > benefit of the system administrator and users as documentation only. > Architecture-specific example files should be installed in a directory > `/usr/lib/<package>/examples' with symbolic links to them from > `/usr/share/doc/<package>/examples', or the latter directory itself > may be a symbolic link to the former. > >>From Debian Policy Manual version 3.8.0.1, 2008-06-05 > >So the correct Debian location would be /usr/share/doc/emc2/examples/ > > We have two kinds of example: configurations and gcode. Do you think that both should go under usr/share/doc? There are other examples as well I think, like (classic)ladders, some scripts (like jdi.py), maybe even skeleton code for writing your own HAL components. Do you think these should all be considered examples in this context? Thanks - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
