RE: [PEAR-DEV] Real documentation?

From: Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:58:12 +0000
Subject: RE: [PEAR-DEV] Real documentation?
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> I recently proposed a central "doc" dir where packages documentation are > installed separatly in the form: doc/<package_name-release>/. In your > package simply create a dir called "doc" and mark it as Role="doc": > > <FileList> > <Dir Name="/" Role="php"> > <File>Mail.php</File> > <Dir Name="Mail"> > <File>sendmail.php</File> > <Dir Name="doc" Role="doc"> > <File>examples_sendmail.php</File> > </Dir> > </Dir> > </Dir> > </FileList> Sounds good, but doesn't the above imply the docs dir sitting in the same place as the file? > The installer could be easily modified to install all the 'Role="doc"' > files under PEAR_DOC_DIR/mail-1.2/ (PEAR_DOC_DIR is a new php constant). > This new constant or something similiar (PHP_DATA_DIR/peardocs?) is > needed because we probably don't want to have all the docs and examples > under the include_path. Where would they sit in cvs though, /doc(s)/package_name/ perhaps? -- Richard "Wanting to commit some docs soon" Heyes "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. " - Groucho Marx

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