Re: Bug#40706: usr/share/doc vs. /usr/doc
> Manoj, you can't argue that all developers can quickly add a
> postinst script, and argue a few posts earlier that it will take
> 18 months for all packages to get done. Can you? If it's so
> quick to do, why can't it be done quickly? I know I'll probably
> do my 7 packages in one sitting.
>
> I think the argument of ease of transition for the _user_ is a
> better one.
You misunderstand, I think. The addition of the lines to the postinst
etc. is what will take the time. The proposed code is for when the
package has installed its documentation into /usr/share/doc to allow
it to still be accessed from /usr/doc, not vice versa.
Julian
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Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg
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