Re: /usr/doc/copyright/<package> -> /usr/doc/<package>/copyright ?

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Erick Branderhorst writes ("Re: /usr/doc/copyright/<package> -> /usr/doc/<package>/copyright ?"):
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> 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,LGPL,BSD} is not wise
> IMHO.  Additionally because translated version of the above generic
> copyright messages are on the net and it might be usefull to put these
> translations there as well.  This specific group of files justify to have a
> directory for them selves IMHO.  I don't mind that these are gzipped.

That seems reasonable to me.  We should leave a README there pointing
people to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright.

Ian.