Which directory to use for packagename-doc documentation files?
In the case where source package `foo' generates packages `foo'
and `foo-doc', it seems that concensus may be to put the
documentation files under /usr/share/doc/foo rather than
/usr/share/doc/foo-doc (except for a copy of foo-doc package
copyright and changelog files).
Examples:
apache-doc -> /usr/share/doc/apache/
cvs-doc -> /usr/share/doc/cvs/
python-doc -> /usr/share/doc/python/
Counter-Examples:
samba-doc -> /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/
libtool-doc -> /usr/share/doc/libtool-doc/
Is that correct?
Should we use directory /usr/share/doc/foo ?
(I understand that a source package `foo-doc' that documents many
`foo-related' source pacakges may still be better off in
directory /usr/share/doc/foo-doc).
I'm just trying to convince myself to move some docs over in my
next upload of a source package that generates a -doc package. I
think it would make the documentation easier to find (and
provides a shorter URL path!)
Thanks,
Peter
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