Re: Debian doc-base policy.
Hello.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:42:21PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> > Indeed, "current practice" one consideration; however, "consistancy"
> > and "ease of use" are other important considerations. The documentation
> > system is, after, intended to help folks -- especially newbies --
> > find things efficiently.
>
> But we are looking at woody release, and I would like something done.
>
> Apps/Programming seems to be the current practice, and
> there are few which seem to use Apps/programming... for example.
>
> This kind of thing needs to be fixed first.
> We will cure other things later.
I see.
I made a draft based on the present state for woody.
/* Debian doc-base policy */
Apps/
Desctiption:
Apps/ is a section for applications' documents.
All applications are filed according to its functionality.
(e.g. AbiWord under Apps/Editors, GIMP under Apps/Graphics,
GNotes! under Apps/Editors, Modem Lights applet under Apps/Net)
Subsections:
Databases
Editors
Emulators
Graphics
Hamradio
Math
Net
Programming
Tools
Technical
Text
Shells
Sound
Viewers
System
Games
Help
Debian/
Description:
Debian/ is a section for specific documents of Debian.
(e.g. Debian Policy Manual, Debian Developer's Reference)
Licenses/
Description:
Licenses/ is a section for licences.
(e.g. GNU General Public License, GNU Free Documentation License)
/* Debian doc-base policy */
After we finish fixing it, we will discuss about new policy again.
Regards,
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Yoshito Komatsu <yoshito.komatsu@nifty.com>
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