[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-2803995 ] PdX and Debian filesystem policy

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Bugs item #2803995, was opened at 2009-06-10 10:20
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Category: pd-extended
Group: None
>Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 1
Private: No
Submitted By: IOhannes m zmlnig (zmoelnig)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: PdX and Debian filesystem policy

Initial Comment:
PdX installs _all_ documentation into /usr/lib/pd/doc.

it does not install anything into /usr/share/doc/pd-extended, which is the natural place to look for help on a debian system. (as a matter of fact it is used so often, that it can be regarded as a "list of installed packages"; pd-extended does not show up here)

it would be nice if at least a note on where to find the "real" documentation would be placed into /usr/share/doc/pd-extended.

as stated in debian's policy http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile e"very package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright".
PdX violates the debian policy in this regard.


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>Comment By: IOhannes m zmlnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2010-04-13 09:15

Message:
this bug report is not about missing .pd files in /usr/share/doc/

it's about violating the debian policy by not installing _anything_ into 
/usr/share/doc/pd-extended, namely copyright files.


and i repeat that it would be nice (think of this as a feature request) to
direct the user to the "interactive" help of Pd-patches.

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2010-04-13 06:50

Message:
.pd files are not static files like HTML, they are more like .pl or .py
files.  Therefore, it is perfectly appropriate for the help patches to go
into /usr/lib/pd.  It would not be appropriate to include them in
/usr/share/doc/pd... since they are not really viewable using less, a text
editor, or a web browser.  I discussed this at length during the Debian Bug
Squashing Party in NYC back at the end of January.

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2009-06-10 17:52

Message:
yes, the packages need a lot of work, and I am sure there are tons of
policy violations, and I am a big beliver in Debian Policy.  But there are
only so many hours in the day.

Anyone should feel free to do this since I probably won't get to it for a
while.

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