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Re: fixing up /usr/doc



>>>>> "Zack" == Zack Brown <zbrown@lynx.neu.edu> writes:

    Zack> /usr/doc is virtually unusable because of the many bogus
    Zack> entries it has. The directory listing takes a long time to
    Zack> even start to display, and most of the entries are pretty
    Zack> much empty anyway. why not make /usr/doc a place where real
    Zack> documentation (and *only* real documentation) can be
    Zack> found. Right now users have to sift through endless stubs to
    Zack> get to the real stuff.

The point of /usr/doc/packagename/ is not only the docs, but as you
must have noticed, the copyright and changelog information.

All Debian packages must come with copyright information in
/usr/doc/packagename/.

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