Re: /usr/doc/copyright/<package> -> /usr/doc/<package>/copyright ?
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 should discourage making a symlink from /usr/doc/<package> to the
copyright directory. Maintainers are probably just using the copyright
more as a general readme. The copyright file need only contain
(surprise) copyright information.
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
accompanying documentation is another.
Guy
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