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Re: where to put manpages (filename clash issue)



On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:18:09AM -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
> According to the doc-base documentation, the sections are taken from
> the Debian menu policy:
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/ch2.html#s2.1
> which says
>   "Please do not put your packages into any other sections without
>    asking for permission first!

To me it seems rather dumb to tie the two hierarchies together, but
well, we have a rule to follow then. Unless someone wants to open the
issue on -devel, I think our case is rather interesting: we have a
document registration system which doesn't fit our needs only because
the hierarchy is too coarse; can we use it relaxing that constraint or
should we develop one for scratch?

> Asking for a subcategory for OCaml would be the best approach, I
> think, but that might open the floodgates for all the other languages
> out there.  I'm sure it would generate at least a 2-week flamefest on
> debian-policy :-)

I would discuss that on -devel first, mainly for the technical point of
reusing an existing tool instead of inventing a new one. Do you mind to
start the discussion? I'll be happy to participate.

Cheers.

-- 
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