Re: RFC: What about /usr/share/texmf/doc

[Frank Kuester <frank@kuesterei.ch>]

Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> writes:

> Hi Frank,
>
> On Di, 11 Dez 2012, Frank Küster wrote:
>> I would prefer the switch away from /usr/share/doc/texmf if it doesn't
>> cause too much trouble. 
>
> Troubles are:
> * code added to the preinst, postinst, postrm scripts of tex-common

Okay, hm, but well.  Not too bad.

> * packages that are not updated will their docs not be found by texdoc

An incentive to update them...

> * packages have to be rebuild 

That's quite easy with our infrastructure, and the change for installing
the docs elsewhere shouldn't be hard, even for an NMU.

Just my 2 cents, I won't do any work. 

Regards, Frank