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Re: doc-base 0.4 and other issues



On 16 Apr 1998, Adam P. Harris wrote:

[snip]
> (a.3) Should we reconsider the 'document-id' system (one docid per
> file, many formats)?  Wouldn't it make it easier for package
> maintainers to have a single file that could have multiple
> document-ids?  Would this be a bad idea?

Huh? Sorry, but I don't get your point. The DOCID is used to identify a
document. It's like the `Package:' field of a .deb or `Source:' field of a
.dsc file. It _has_ to be unique, since that's what the field is for.

Note, that this field will also eventually be used for inter-document
cross-references, as what's planned for debiandoc-sgml. 

Please give me more details about which problems you see with the current
use of the Document-ID field.

> (a.4) What file location is going to work given, say, a shared,
> NFS-mounted /usr?

I need more details about this, too.  

Note, that there are two different kind of files: those which are only
touched at installation time (and thus could be on a /usr directory) and
thus which could be touched at run-time, for example, if the user suddenly
wants to get some PostScript printed documentation. 


Thanks,

Chris

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