Re: Bug#998160: Stop using /usr/share/doc/debian
Hi,
On Sun, 2021-10-31 at 11:03 +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 03:08:42PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > Source: debian-faq
> > Version: 10.1
> > Severity: minor
> >
> > When DDP was started, those people had big plan. But in reality, scope
> > has been scaled back.
> >
> > Since there is no big pile of Debian document and most (Policy,
> > DevRef,...) now uses their own doc directory, I think it's about time
> > for FAQ to be in line with others.
> >
> > This should help people to find this document easily since doc-base
> > support is scant and rarely used by newbies.
>
> I agree.
>
> But how about the doc-debian package? That one now installs :
>
> /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-log-access.txt
> /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-*.txt.gz
> /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt.gz
> /usr/share/doc/debian/constitution.*txt.gz
> /usr/share/doc/debian/debian-manifesto.gz
> /usr/share/doc/debian/mailing-lists.txt.gz
> /usr/share/doc/debian/social-contract.*txt.gz
> /usr/share/doc/debian/source-unpack.txt
>
> If those documents get moved, we can get rid of /usr/share/doc/debian/ .
>
> However, I myself am not quite sure if moving these documents is the right
> thing to do. Opinions?
Good catch. True.
I think it is good idea but its worth thinking.
If we do this, we need to update debwww cron script.
Before then, we should stop using FTP servive in cron script.
> url = git@salsa.debian.org:webmaster-team/cron.git
Osamu
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