From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
Cc: 54234@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54234: Dropping versioned docdir for license files?
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:44:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h78fhwh3.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7e78d92da1916fc769f4fa9dcf70fabd18e387fa.camel@telenet.be> (Maxime Devos's message of "Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:43:44 +0100")
Hi Maxime,
Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> writes:
> Maxim Cournoyer schreef op do 03-03-2022 om 08:37 [-0500]:
>> It seems to me it'd be nicer to have both agree on the same docdir. We
>> could drop the version and use gnu-build-system's docdir, or alter the
>> default gnu-build-system docdir to use a versioned output. The later
>> some more troublesome, as we'd have to do the same adjustment for each
>> build system, and I'm not convinced of the value added. So I'd suggest
>> we simply normalize to use the standard docdir.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> This does not really answer your question, but if we do this, we could
> combine this with another change:
>
> Some software does not work with a COPYING or LICENSE file, or they do
> but also have other relevant licenses. E.g., gnunet-scheme follows
> REUSE and puts the license texts in a LICENSES directory and some extra
> information in '.reuse/dep5'. It would be nice if those were copied
> as well.
What is REUSE?
> Also, to partially answer your question: probably not all
> gnu-build-system packages actually implement the 'docdir' option
> and might even error out if it is passed. Fixing these build failures
> might be tedious.
Even the packages using their own configure script probably would
install their doc under /share/doc/$name/ as this is the standard on FHS
distribution. I'm not suggesting to tweak docdir, I'm suggesting to use
the default, non-versioned value.
Thanks,
Maxim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-03 16:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-03 13:37 bug#54234: Dropping versioned docdir for license files? Maxim Cournoyer
2022-03-03 14:43 ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-03 15:44 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2022-03-03 15:59 ` Maxime Devos
2022-03-15 13:55 ` bug#54234: Different license file name Ludovic Courtès
2022-03-15 13:56 ` bug#54234: Dropping versioned docdir for license files? Ludovic Courtès
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