Re: Recovering /var (package status only)
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:00:28AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:03:00AM -0500, Travis Crump wrote:
> > Question about false positives(/usr/share/doc/ directories that don't
> > correspond to a package): Are they a bug or is there nothing wrong with
> > them? On my system I have the following false positives:
> >
> > debian-reference-en, debian-reference-common: /usr/share/doc/Debian
> > doc-linux-text: /usr/share/doc/FAQ
> > doc-linux-text: /usr/share/doc/HOWTO
> > doc-debian: /usr/share/doc/debian
>
> doc-linux-text and doc-debian are special cases, probably
> debian-reference-* too. I tried to formalize the upper-case rule for
> doc-linux-* on debian-policy in August 2000, but never got round to
> following through on the approving noises I got in response.
In DDP, we discussed to move all DDP document into /usr/share/doc/Debian
just like HOWTO and others. It stand out when browsed by "mc" :)
I thought upper case rule is a de facto rule mostly for aesthetic of
organization but now we have very compelling argument for disaster
recovery :)
I will second it if you propose again.
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