Bug#530378: debian-policy: allow /usr/share/doc/<package> to point to another indirectly-depended-upon package's dir

[Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>]

On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 16:07 +0200, Serafeim Zanikolas wrote:
> 
> Policy allows a package's doc directory to be a symlink to another package's
> doc directory, as long as they are:
> 
> - from the same source package and
> - the first package directly depends upon the second
> 
> I propose that that the second requirement is relaxed to allow for an indirect
> dependency of the first package to the second (as long as all packages
> involved have the same source).

Hi,

I don't like the idea of muddying policy with this sort of convoluted
exception, and I can't see the value of it from a technical perspective.

Regards,
					Andrew McMillan.

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