Erick Branderhorst writes (Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package -
/usr/doc/package/copyright ?):
...
But a /usr/doc/copyright dir should remain. The only contents allowed in
there would be generic copyright messages like GPL LGPL BSD and so on.
Putting these generic files in /usr/doc/base/{GPL
Ian Jackson:
We then end up with two files per package, and it then makes even more
sense to move the copyright file.
$ ls /usr/doc | wc
101 101 703
$ ls /usr/doc/copyright | wc
243 2431804
$
On my system, /usr/doc would be almost two and a half times bigger, with
all
Ian Jackson writes:
I do, however, think we should move the examples directory. I've
always thought the distinction between /usr/doc/package and
/usr/doc/examples/package was arbitrary. It usually leads to the
obtuse arrangement where the example is in one directory and its
What is the feeling on this ?
Since the new source format mandates the existence of the changelog
and specifies that it must be in one of a small number (currently 1)
of formats I'm inclined to say that we should mandate its inclusion -
gzipped.
We then end up with two files per
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes (Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package -
/usr/doc/package/copyright ?):
[Ian Jackson:]
Should we move the copyright file (and the examples directory) into
the per-package directory in /usr/doc ?
Good idea. Can we also recommend/impose to include the Changelog [1] file
Erick Branderhorst writes (Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package -
/usr/doc/package/copyright ?):
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No, the /usr/doc/package dir is a dir which normally comes with all
stuff in it gzipped and I think we should keep it like that. We can not
gzip copyright files (this has been decided/mandated long
Guy Maor writes (Re: /usr/doc/copyright/package -
/usr/doc/package/copyright ?):
...
I don't think we should move the copyright file. Most people don't
ever need to look at them, so it's simpler if they're out of the way.
What about the changelog ?
In general I'm not convinced that keeping
Guy Maor:
I don't think we should move the copyright file. Most people don't
ever need to look at them, so it's simpler if they're out of the way.
aolI agree, because of this, and because there are packages that only have
and need a copyright file, but not their own directory below
On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
Should we move the copyright file (and the examples directory) into
the per-package directory in /usr/doc ?
I don't think we should move the copyright file. Most people don't
ever need to look at them, so it's simpler if they're out of the way.
We
It's nice to have all these files in the same directory, but people
are starting to do things like having /usr/doc/foo/REAMDE be a link to
/usr/doc/copyright/foo or vice versa, and splitting the documentation
for a package up across several directories doesn't seem to work very
well.
This
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