dpkg Guidelines ... suggestions

[Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.1.0

debian-guidelines.info.gz is unclear:
     If a subdirectory of `/usr/doc' is warranted, please do create one.
     Please do not install DVI, PostScript, or large textual
     documentation to `/usr/doc'.  However, please do upload such
     documentation as a separate package so that it can be made
     available with the distribution. ...

I think you mean, install the DVI, PostScript, etc in /usr/doc, but
make it a separate package from the main one.

The current wording implies that those types of documents belong in
some other directory.  But it begs the question as to which one.

This paragraph should be removed or clarified per our recent
discussion in debian-devel (or perl should move to /bin):
   * In the case of Perl scripts this should be `#!/usr/bin/perl' or
     sometimes `#!/bin/perl', as follows: if the script is a critical
     one that may be called when the `/usr' partition is unmounted or
     broken it should use `/bin/perl'.  Otherwise (especially if the
     script is not specifically targetted at Debian) it should use
     Perl's standard location, `/usr/bin/perl'.


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