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Re: [RFU 1.7] nasm-2.06-1
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 1 09:01, Dean Scarff wrote:
>> Upstream release.
>>
>> Built for cygwin 1.7.
>>
>> There are a couple of relevant packaging conventions that I've noticed
>> discussed on this list and in practice that contradict
>> http://cygwin.com/setup.html yet haven't had an official response (at
>> least I can't find it in the archives).
>>
>> - should setup.hint have requires: cygwin? nasm's does.
No, that's now an obsolete practice, it should be removed. See e.g.:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2009-06/msg00145.html
>> - should it be /usr/share/doc/nasm or /usr/share/doc/nasm-2.06? nasm's
>> is the former
>
> Every package seems to have its own idea how to name the doc dir. It's
> not *that* important. I guess the better approach is to omit the
> version. After all, you usually have just one of the packages installed
> and the user doesn't exactly care for the actual version of the package
> when looking for the docs.
Omitting the version number is the new convention; see the thread: "[RFC]
1.7 Packaging: Documentation":
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-08/threads.html#00081
cheers,
DaveK