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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