[Fedora-packaging] COPYING (license) not under docdir

[Rex Dieter]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 17:25 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 23:17 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm reviewing a package where the license file is under %{_datadir}
>>> beacuse the gtk GUI needs to display it. Moving it to %doc is bad as
>>> the application would be dependent on %doc content. But not having it
>>> in %doc is bad, too, as this is the canonical place someone will query
>>> the license text.
>>>
>>> IMHO in this case it should be doubled. Do you agree?
>> I don't see a problem with duplicating it but is there any problem with
>> a symlink from %_datadir to the docdir?
> Yes,
> 
> - they could be on different partitions, so symlinks might not be
> available.

Why not?

> - A file under %{_datadir]/<somewhere> is application data, not rpm
> %doc'umentation. Though the files might be identical, they are
> completely different beasts.

So?

> - rpm --excludedocs (i.e. if symlinking, then the physical copy must be
> in %{_datadir} and the symlink in %docdir.

As long as both are marked %doc, there shouldn't be a problem.

> Frankly speaking, I'd not waste any time on symlinking, but duplicate
> the files, instead.

Agreed.

While we're on the subject, what's the importance that the license file 
under %_docdir anyway? As far as I'm concerned, as long as the license 
is in the package somewhere, that's should be sufficient.

-- Rex