Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.

Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
Closes: #637614

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f7980d63cdd3643b784db248313cd1f430ee49dc..3d4a2910dbd6043cdffb62eb55dc6cc6af5d9202 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
     Closes: #644230
+  * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
+    Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+    Closes: #637614
 
- -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:39:15 +0200
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:55:12 +0100
 
 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 3122632899b7c5ec798f52e888be763c42ef8e65..b8db0ab79ed0068d49d9a0a57ed77f83cf7ecf6f 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7498,9 +7498,8 @@ exec /usr/lib/foo/foo "$@"
          package that provides online documentation (other than just
          manual pages) to register these documents with
          <package>doc-base</package> by installing a
-         <package>doc-base</package> control file via the
-         <prgn/install-docs/ script at installation time and
-         de-register the manuals again when the package is removed.
+         <package>doc-base</package> control file in
+         <file>/usr/share/doc-base/</file>.
        </p> 
        <p>
          Please refer to the documentation that comes with the

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 037a413bd48074312ce81d3a128a96121856ded5..291ae711b2eaae2fd8c04d4b1fdd21f41139163c 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Unreleased.
   now contain the value <tt>any all</tt> for source packages building both
   architecture-independent and architecture-dependent packages.
   </item>
+<tag>9.10</tag>
+  <item>Packages using doc-base d not need to call install-docs anymore.
+  </item>
 <tag>11.8</tag>
   <item>The Policy rules around Motif libraries were just a special case
   of normal rules for non-free dependencies and were largely obsolete, so