Package Documentation - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

45.7 Package Documentation

If you install a package in your system, a directory /usr/share/doc/
packages/packagename is created. You can find files from the package maintainer
as well as additional information from SUSE. Sometimes there are also examples,
configuration files, additional scripts, or other things available. Usually you can find
the following files, but they are not standard and sometimes not all files are available.
AUTHORS
The list of the main developers of this package and usually their tasks.
BUGS
Known bugs or malfunctions of this package. Usually also a link to a Bugzilla Web
page where you can search all bugs.
CHANGES , ChangeLog
Summary of changes from version to version. Usually interesting for developers,
because it is very detailed.
COPYING , LICENSE
Licensing information.
FAQ
Question and answers collected from mailing lists or newsgroups.
INSTALL
Procedures for installing this package in your system. Normally you do not need
it, because you have the package installed already.
README , README.*
General information such as how to use it and what you can do with this package.
TODO
Things that are not implemented yet, but probably will be in the future.
MANIFEST
List of files with a brief summary.
NEWS
Description of what is new in this version.
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