Bug#69311: PROPOSAL] Finishing the /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc transition.
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:16:34PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> Now that potato has been released, I propose that we start deprecating
> the /usr/doc compatibility symlinks, at the same time we make
> using /usr/share/doc a nearly-release-goal for woody.
I think an addendum is needed to this proposal -- if any package *has*
had symlinks in /usr/doc, then it needs to clean them up in its
install scripts, now, and possibly forever.
This is one of the reasons I objected to the symlinks in the first
place -- now a *whole* bunch of packages are going to have to carry
extra cruft for an indefinite period of time -- but since we went
ahead and implemented the symlinks, we damn well better be willing to
pay the price.
Without such an addendum, I object to this proposal. With it, I will
second. Personally, I think one of the people who crammed the symlink
idea through should be forced to do the work of creating the proper
patches to policy (and maybe to debhelper). Santiago and I (in a rare
point of agreement) tried to prevent this mess. We failed, but we
shouldn't be forced to clean it up now.
cheers
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