On Friday 19 Oct 2001 10:54 am, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Stephen Stafford > > [from policy] > > | It is often a good idea to put text information files (`README's, > | changelogs, and so forth) that come with the source package in > | `/usr/share/doc/<package>' in the binary package. However, you > | don't need to install the instructions for building and installing > | the package, of course! > > If the INSTALL file contains both building and installation > instructions, and how to set up the package, what is then the correct > way to handle that? > > Cut and paste the relevant portions into README.Debian or something?
I think so, yes. If it is instructions that the end user needs to know then it should be in /usr/share/doc/package. README.Debian sounds like a good place to me. Cheers, -- Stephen Stafford finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get gpg public key