Re: {PROPOSAL} #7890: Policy manual contradicts itself about including docs

[karlheg@inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom)]

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam P Harris <apharris@burrito.onshore.com> writes:

    Adam> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
    >> I also further stated: I was not really suggesting replacing
    >> the info documentation (or the man pages, for that matter), I
    >> meant in addition to. The policy *does* say that HTML is our
    >> preferred format, so it should also be provided

    Adam> Yes, I mostly agree.  The *source* of the documentation
    Adam> should also be shipped if possible (i.e., SGML, TeX).  This
    Adam> enables people to patch documenatation and send in diffs; it
    Adam> also enables them to possibly format the source into
    Adam> whatever media they like.

 The source is available in the source package.