Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/16 03:01:22
remove needless examples/ path component for packages whose whole purpose is to provide examples, according to 2.5 years old, yet entirely non-controversial #69864
git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-181
* Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166.
This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975.
* Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166.
This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975.
+ * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
+ that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864.
latter directory itself may be a symbolic link to the
former.
</p>
latter directory itself may be a symbolic link to the
former.
</p>
+
+ <p>
+ If the purpose of a package to provide examples, then the
+ example files may be installed into
+ <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></file>.
+ </p>
</sect>
<sect id="changelogs">
</sect>
<sect id="changelogs">
and related fields (i.e. it's just optional). [2.4.2]
- When asked to restart a service that isn't already running,
the init script should start the service. [10.3.2]
and related fields (i.e. it's just optional). [2.4.2]
- When asked to restart a service that isn't already running,
the init script should start the service. [10.3.2]
+ - If the purpose of a package is to provide examples, then the
+ example files can be installed into <tt>/usr/share/doc/package</tt>
+ (rather than <tt>/usr/share/doc/package/examples</tt>). [13.6]
+