Re: In-Program documentation
On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:49:33PM +0000, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> Hi Justin,
>
> Justin Pryzby <jpryzby+d@quoininc.com> wrote:
> > It's a little known requirement that packages continue to work after
> > /u/s/doc is removed. So it's not allowed to install required files
> > there. You could do (2) or (3) with links *from* u/s/d though.
>
> Where's this written? In the policy?
All the packaging requirements and well-accepted recommendations are
in policy or otherwise should be :)
This one is 12.3:
| Packages must not require the existence of any files in
| `/usr/share/doc/' in order to function [1]. Any files that are
| referenced by programs but are also useful as stand alone
| documentation should be installed under `/usr/share/<package>/' with
| symbolic links from `/usr/share/doc/<package>'.
Justin
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