Bug#767839: debian-policy: Linking documentation of arch:any package to arch:all

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Robert Luberda wrote:

> Please explicitly state in the Policy if linking
> /usr/share/doc/arch:any_package to ../arch:all_package 
> (where arch:any_package and arch:all_package come 
> from the same source package)  is allowed or not.

It currently is not allowed.

[...]
> In my opinion, as I wrote in #766711, footnote [116] allows such
> linking, as it seems to refer to source version of a package.

I agree that the text is confusing.  The reference to "source"
there is meant to refer to the source package, not to the source
package version.

Thanks and hope that helps,
Jonathan