From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: [PATCH]: add freepats and timidity Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:09:38 +0100 Message-ID: <87d255lib1.fsf@mango.localdomain> References: <87h9uhlpig.fsf@mango.localdomain> <20150219194711.GA30766@debian> <87fva1lld5.fsf@mango.localdomain> <20150219203519.GA24456@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52443) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YOYM2-00080O-Ln for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:09:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YOYLz-0003jg-Td for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:09:50 -0500 Received: from sender1.zohomail.com ([74.201.84.155]:29814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YOYLz-0003is-Lv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:09:47 -0500 In-reply-to: <20150219203519.GA24456@debian> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Andreas Enge Cc: Guix-devel Andreas Enge writes: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 09:03:34PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> Is copying the license and the readme file a problem? In my teensy >> store I count 382 readme files alone. It doesn't seem unusual to >> include the readme. > > I think it is not good style. And it can create collisions if several packages > are installed. If someone installs the package, he will end up with > share/README and share/COPYING in his profile. I see. Wouldn't it be better to place the README in share/doc/{timidity,freepats}/README rather than removing it? ~~ Ricardo