[PATCH input-synaptics 2/5] Do not install ChangeLog and README with documentation

[Gaetan Nadon]

On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 19:12 +0100, Daniel Stone wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 02:09:55PM -0400, Gaetan Nadon wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 15:53 +0200, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
> > > Il giorno mar, 14/06/2011 alle 09.46 -0400, Gaetan Nadon ha scritto:
> > > > I had not noticed before, on my distro the README (but not ChangeLog)
> > > > is installed in doc.
> > > > ChangeLog definitely does not go with docs.
> > > 
> > > Why not? If I install an update I might as well want to know what the
> > > update consisted of. The files are just as well important for the user
> > > as for the developer.
> > 
> > I am surprised it has never be done for so many years. I looked around
> > in my distro and it does not seem any one is doing it (ChangeLog). 
> 
> In fairness, Debian installs the upstream changelog as
> /usr/share/doc/packagename/changelog.gz, and the Debian package
> changelog as changelog.Debian.gz.

Oh yes, sorry. I grepped for ChangeLog. Not that I have never seen it
before (shame).
So why would we install ChangeLog then? They would be duplicated ar
distro would have to remove ours?
I don't understand why changing one module would help anyone.

> Cheers,
> Daniel


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