From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-09-27T09:35:00+09:00
Subject: How abouta standard 'doc' directory?

-talk,

When you install a package, the installer (setup.rb/install.rb or a
home-grown variant) typically installs files in the following directories:

  $prefix/bin
  $prefix/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.x/foo/...
  $prefix/share/foo/...

and maybe one or two others, where $prefix is something like
/usr/local or C:/Ruby

What about agreeing on a standard location for installed
documentation?

  $prefix/doc/foo/
     README
     api/
     etc...

Many packages come with some documentation and, as far as I know,
don't install them anywhere.  The one exception I know of is 'ri'.

We need to define a standard and apply it (update install.rb,
particularly).

Gavin