Bug#40706: my two cents
I'm a Debian user. I use it as part of my ISP operation.
I've always been confused and frustrated about where to find files on
Unix and Linux systems.
For instance, I do work on a FreeBSD system where I regularly have to
deal with configuration files in /etc, /usr/local/etc, /var/smtpd/etc,
/usr/local/www/conf, etc yada yada.
Forget about docs. If there isn't a man page, it doesn't exist.
Life's too short for me to keep track of where in hell's half acre
these things are stored.
Debian is a breath of fresh air. The File System Standard and the
Package Manager together make a world of difference.
The layout is clear and makes sense. I can actually find things. I
can tell what's installed and what's not installed. I can see what
needs what before I commit to a change.
If you want my vote, go for the symlinks from /usr/doc to
/usr/share/doc during the migration.
For one thing, the /doc Alias in Apache won't be broken for any package
(not the case right now)
Once all the packages have been migrated to the new system, /usr/doc
will have nothing but symlinks in it. When that happens, maybe replace
/usr/doc with a symlink to /usr/share/doc.
Cheers!
Eric
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