Bug#513187: info: README.Debian missing
Julien Levi <deb-rb@jlevi.co.uk> wrote:
> Package: info
> Version: 4.11.dfsg.1-4
> Severity: normal
>
>
> README.Debian is missing from /usr/share/doc/info after installing info
> binary package. It appears to be present in the source package (though
> I've only checked the diff on the package webpage) and is mentioned in
> the changelog.debian file, so I assume it should be there.
The changelog mentions a README.Debian, but that's in the texinfo binary
package.
>
> Along with the missing info help pages this made for a rather hostile
> new user experience!
>
> I suspect that that bugs #479071 and #484303 might never have been filed
> were README.Debian present.
Hm, you mean because the package name of the non-free documentation is
mentioned there? What about
apt-cache -n search texinfo
or similar commands? Nowadays, having the documentation in non-free is
so common that we have so far not considered it necessary to add it in
each case. Should we?
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
VCD Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg, ADFC Miltenberg
B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg
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