Bug#40706: Reasons for not moving at all
retitle 40706 [REJECTED 21/7/99] /usr/share/doc vs. /usr/doc transition
severity 40706 fixed
thanks
Hi,
>>"Gord" == Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@fig.org> writes:
Gord> Marcus's argument here is most compelling. It is not the
Gord> present cost of Manoj's proposal that is prohibitive, it is the
Gord> future cost of all those prerm scripts. And so, I formally
Gord> object to this proposal.
Bang!! That was the 4rth formal objection, and thus this
proposal dies. It can be revived as a general resolution, but I do
not have the enrgy to do that. We now have no amendment on the table
to move the /usr/doc directories in a consistent fashion.
Gord> However, Manoj's arguments against other ways of moving to
Gord> /usr/share/doc still hold: any one-shot change will likely end up
Gord> breaking compatibility.
Gord> So, I am now convinced that not moving at all is the only sane thing
Gord> we can do. Let's focus our energies on working on actual potato bugs
Gord> rather than trying to appease the evil FHS gods.
We have already decided to accept the FHS. Please bring this
as a separate proposal, that we not fully comply with the FHS. I
suspect that you shall need a general resolution to carry that
through.
Gord> I think all I can say is that it may have been a terrible idea for
Gord> people to start using /usr/doc in the first place, but it definitely
Gord> is a worse idea now for the FHS to move this directory to
Gord> /usr/share/doc. What is the rationale for this change, when all
Gord> distributions already use /usr/doc?
Please ask this in the FHS discussion lists.
Gord> Can somebody remind me again why it's so important to be FHS-compliant
Gord> on this issue? Why not just change the few /usr/share/doc packages
Gord> back to /usr/doc,
Because this is policy.
manoj
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