From: <dpe...@si...> - 2003-12-01 18:04:58
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Alex Roitman had this to say: >On 2003.11.26 16:37, dpe...@si... wrote: >> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Alex Roitman had this to say: >>> >>> It seems a nice idea to have FAQ text available as a help menu item. >> >> It would be better to put them (plain-text files) >> somewhere like /usr/local/doc/gramps/ (or, more precisely, >> $PREFIX/doc/$PACKAGE/) as is done with many projects. It seems >> kind of silly to have a directory with one entry, though, perhaps we >> could also place the ChangeLog file there as well. > >This is actually what's going on with Debian packages: >/usr/share/doc/$PACKAGE is mandatory and usually contains ChangeLogs >(both upstream and debian), NEWS, TODOs, etc, so that would be a proper >place for the plain text FAQ file. We don't have to worry about this >since it's done by debian maintainer at packaging time. I'm not sure >how RPMs handle this, probably through gramps.spec files. Yes. The RPMs just need an appropriate entry in the %files section. Of course, this implies that the 'make install' step places those files there as well. >> >2. Wouldn't we also want to keep FAQ in top level distribution >> >directory? >> >> Maybe. I'm not sure about this. > >I think we should. This is similar in all regards to NEWS, TODO, >ChangeLog, etc. If people build from source, all they get is a tarball >and then FAQ's place is right there, at the top level. The reason I Agreed. I guess I should have said I was indifferent, rather than unsure. You've convinced me, though. :) >asked is that I added it to EXTRA_DIST to have it packed in the >tarball. I'm not sure whether this is OK if it's going to be installed I think this should be fine, but maybe someone else more intimate (hint, hint, Alexandre) with autotools can comment better. Cheers, -Don -- ________________________________________________ Donald A. Peterson | dpe...@si... Ph.D. Research Associate | Dept. of Chemistry | PH: (541) 737-7079 Oregon St. University | FAX: (541) 737-0480 ------------------------------------------------ |