Bug#823348: Limit the strongest dependencies on supplemental -doc packages
Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> Looks reasonable to me. Seconded.
> Seconded.
Thanks! IIRC, Josh isn't (yet) a DD, so this needs one more second.
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 404dc73..421e0d1 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -10699,6 +10699,18 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> </p>
>
> <p>
> + If <var>package</var> is a build tool, development tool,
> + command-line tool, or library development package,
> + <var>package</var> (or <var>package</var>-dev in the case of a
> + library development package) already provides documentation in
> + man, info, or plain text format, and <var>package</var>-doc
> + provides HTML or other formats, <var>package</var> should declare
> + at most a <tt>Suggests</tt> on <var>package</var>-doc. Otherwise,
> + <var>package</var> should declare at most a <tt>Recommends</tt> on
> + <var>package</var>-doc.
> + </p>
> +
> + <p>
> Additional documentation included in the package should be
> installed under <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></file>.
> If the documentation is packaged separately,
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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