#1028516 lintian: please exclude /usr/lib/pd/extra/ from 'image-file-in-usr-lib'

#1028516#5
Date:
2023-01-12 08:26:01 UTC
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I'm maintaining a high 2-digit number of addon packages for the puredata
ecosystem.  The de-facto standard for such addon packages (within the
ecosystem) is to bundle all documentation and a license file into a single
directory, and install that into /usr/lib/pd/extra/.

The "documentation" consists of example 'programs' (often with accompanying
image files), which can be browsed/used/... interactively from withing the
puredata IDE.

In order to not break upstream expectations (and upstream tools that scan for
these files in the usual places), I find myself adding dozens of
overrides for 'image-file-in-usr-lib'.

Therefore I kindly request that lintian does not emit an
"image-file-in-usr-lib" warning if documentation is found within a
subdirectory of /usr/lib/pd/extra/.

Thanks for your consideration.