[Fedora-packaging] Do we need a Rule "Docs should be packaged as %doc"?

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Aug 9 11:32:29 UTC 2006


Toshio Kuratomi wrote:

> This just crossed through my INBOX:
>   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201828
> 
> The reporter is making a case for putting docs in %{_datadir} based on
> the behaviour of current packages (lyx).  If we think we want any rules
> around documentation we should put a note in that bug.

Per my comment in bugzilla...

IMO, it's not (necessarily) wrong to install docs into a non-versioned 
dir under /usr/share/doc.

-- Rex




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