Re: About the directory structure for storing man/info files (SoC work)

[Jeff Sheltren <sheltren cs ucsb edu>]

On Jul 17, 2007, at 2:01 PM, ria das wrote:
> Now the question is how to handle the updates ? If we follow this
> directory structure, then a new update will overwrite the previous
> file and they will be same across all releases (mostly) . One thing
> can be done is to only update rawhide based files. All other releases
> will have release time man/info files. So, when people will check the
> diffs between two releases they will get it.
> And the main manual folder may be in some other place, but will be
> available under webserver .
> Please suggest me on this.
>
> Ria Das

Personally, I feel that it would only be relevant to keep the latest  
version of a man file for any given release.  I don't see a problem  
with overwriting a man file if a newer one is included in a package  
update.

-Jeff